Exam 8: Topics in Analytic Geometry
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Two radio transmitters are positioned along the coast, 250 miles apart. A signal is sent simultaneously from each transmitter. The signal from transmitter
is received by a ship s LORAN 800 microseconds after the ship receives the signal from
. The radio signals travel at 0.186 mile per microsecond.
Find an equation of a hyperbola, with foci at
and
on which the ship is located. Round parameters to the nearest hundredth.





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Graph the parametric equation by eliminating the parameter. 

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Find the center, vertices, and foci of the ellipse given by the equation. 

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Use the quadratic formula to solve for y in terms of x . Then use a graphing utility to graph the equation. 

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Use the Conic Identification Theorem to identify the graph of the equation as a parabola, an ellipse, or a hyperbola. 

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Find the equation in standard form of the parabola with vertex at
and focus
.


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Find the center, vertices, foci, and asymptotes for the hyperbola given by the equation. 

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An architect wishes to design a large room 148 feet long that will be a whispering gallery. The ceiling of the room has a cross section that is an ellipse whose foci are to be located 20 feet to the right and the left of center, as shown in the following figure where d is 148 feet and x is 20 feet.
Find the height h of the elliptical ceiling (to the nearest tenth of a foot).

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Find the acute angle of rotation a that eliminates the xy term. State approximate solution to the nearest 0.1 . 

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Find the equation in standard form of a hyperbola with vertices ( 1, 1)and ( 1, 5)and eccentricity
.

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Use the definition of a hyperbola to find the equation of the hyperbola in standard form. foci (7, 0)and ( - 7, 0); passes through the point 

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A circular vent pipe with a diameter of 8.5 inches is placed on a roof that has a slope of
as shown in the figure below.
The intersection of the vent pipe and the roof is an ellipse. To the nearest hundredth of an inch, what are the lengths of the major and minor axes?


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The line segment that has endpoints on a parabola, passes through the focus of the parabola, and is perpendicular to the axis of symmetry is called the latus rectum of the parabola.
Find the length of the latus rectum for the parabola
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Find the equation in standard form of an ellipse with eccentricity
, center at (0, 0), and major axis on the x -axis and of length 14.

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