Chapter 6: Problem 63
Find the distance between the parallel lines. \(x+y=1\) \(x+y=5\)
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Chapter 6: Problem 63
Find the distance between the parallel lines. \(x+y=1\) \(x+y=5\)
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(d) Explain how the result of part (c) can be used as a sketching aid when graphing parabolas. Consider the parabola \(x^{2}=4 p y\) (a) Use a graphing utility to graph the parabola for \(p=1, p=2, p=3,\) and \(p=4\). Describe the effect on the graph when \(p\) increases. (b) Locate the focus for each parabola in part (a). (c) For each parabola in part (a), find the length of the latus rectum (see figure). How can the length of the latus rectum be determined directly from the standard form of the equation of the parabola?
Sketch the graph of the ellipse, using latera recta. \(5 x^{2}+3 y^{2}=15\)
Find the vertex, focus, and directrix of the parabola, and sketch its graph. \(y=\frac{1}{4}\left(x^{2}-2 x+5\right)\)
Identify the conic as a circle or an ellipse. Then find the center, radius, vertices, foci, and eccentricity of the conic (if applicable), and sketch its graph. \(6 x^{2}+2 y^{2}+18 x-10 y+2=0\)
A line segment through a focus of an ellipse with endpoints on the ellipse and perpendicular to the major axis is called a latus rectum of the ellipse. Therefore, an ellipse has two latera recta. Knowing the length of the latera recta is helpful in sketching an ellipse because it yields other points on the curve (see figure). Show that the length of each latus rectum is \(2 b^{2} / a\)
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