Mathematics SM0013

Topic 6 : Conic sections Tutorial

EXERCISE 6 :CONIC SECTIONS
1. Write the equation of each of the circles that satisfies the stated conditions.
Express the equations in the form x 2 y 2 Dx Ey F 0
a. Center at 3,0 and r 3
b. Center at the origin and r 7
c. Tangent to the x - axis , a radius of length 4 and abscissa (x coordinate) of center
is 3 .
d. x intercept of 6, y intercept of 4 and passes through the origin.
e. Tangent to both axes , a radius of 6 and the center in the third quadrant.

2.

Find the centre and the length of the radius of each of the circles.
a.

x 2 y 2 6 x 10 y 30 0

b. 4 x 2 4 y 2 4 x 8 y 11 0

3. Find the equations of the tangents to the following circles at the points given.
a) x 2 y 2 2 x 6 y 8 0 , at 2,2
b) x 2 y 2 8x 2 y 15 0 , at 3,2
c) x 2 y 2 10 y 20 0 , at 2,4

4. Find the equations of the tangents to the circle x 2 y 2 4 x 2 y 24 0

at the points where the circle cuts the line y x
5. Find the length of the tangents from the point 2,5 to the circle
x 2 y 2 14 x 2 y 34 0

6. Find the length of the tangents from the point 3,1 to the circle
x 2 y 2 4x 8 y 9 0

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7. Find the equation of the circle that passes the origin and has its centre 3,4
8. Find the equation of the circle that passes the three points 1,2 , 3,8 and 9,6 .

9. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of each of the following circles with
the corresponding straight lines.
a)

x 2 y 2 8x 2 y 8 0 and y 7 x 2

b) x 2 y 2 10 x 6 y 31 0 and y 5x 15

10. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of each of the following pairs of
circles.
a) x 2 y 2 3x 5 y 4 0 and x 2 y 2 x 4 y 7 0
b) x 2 y 2 5x 3 y 4 0 and x 2 y 2 4 x 6 y 12 0
c) x 2 y 2 4 x 3 y 5 0 and x 2 y 2 6 x 5 y 9 0

11. Show the circles x 2 y 2 10 x 8 y 18 0 and x 2 y 2 8x 4 y 14 0 do not

intersect each other.

12. Determine the coordinates of the centre and the radius of the circle with equation
x 2 y 2 2 x 6 y 26 0 .

Find the distance from the point P7,9 to the centre of the circle. Hence find the
length of the tangents from P to the circle.
13. The circle C has equation x 2 y 2 18x 6 y 45 0
a) Find the radius of C and the coordinates of its centre P .
b) Show that the line y 2 x is a tangent to C and find the coordinates of its point of
contact Q .
c) Show that the tangent to C at the point R6,9 has equation x 2 y 12 0

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d) Given that the tangents to C at Q and R meet at S show that QS 5 .
14. Find the focus, directrix and vertex of each of the following parabolas and sketch
their graphs.
a) x 2 9 y (b) x 2 6 y 0 (c)
y2 = 4x (d) y2 = 8x
15. Find the equation of the parabolas with vertex (0,0) that satisfy the given conditions:
a) directrix x 4 0
b) focus F 0,3
c) Open upward and through passing the point 3,4

16. Sketch the following parabolas showing clearly the focus and directrix of each one.
(a) (y 2)2 = 4(x 3)
(b) (y + 2)2 = 8(x 1)
(c) y2 + 8y = 4x 12
17. Find the equation of the parabola given,
(a) V (0,2) and F(4,2)
(b)
(c) V(0,0) dan directrix, x 6=0
(d)

V(0,0) and F (0,-4)

V(0,0) dan directrix, y = -8.

18. Find the equation of each of the following parabola in the standard form.
State the coordinates of their vertices, foci and equations of the directrixs.
Sketch their graphs.
a)
y 2 4 y 6x 8
b)
c)

x 22 6 y 4
y 2 2 y 2x 3

19. Discuss the parabolas with the equations given below,

(a) y2 6y 8x7 = 0
(b) y2 4y + 8x = 28
(c) x2 + 4x 4y = 0
(d) y = 3 + 8( x 2)
20.Find the equations of the parabolas that satisfy the following conditions:
a) symmetric to the y-axis and passing through the points 1,1 , 1,3 and 2,0 .
b) symmetric to the y-axis and passing through the points 0,4 , 0,1 and 6,1 .
21. Prove that the line y = 2x + 2 touches the parabola y2 = 16x and find the coordinates
of this point.
22. Prove that the line y = x + 6 cuts the parabola y2 = 32x at two distinct points and find
the coordinates of these two points.

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23. In a suspension bridge the shape of the suspension cable is parabolic. The distance
between the 2 towers are 100 m and the lowest point of the suspension cable is 30 m
below the mid point of the line joining the highest point of the 2 towers. Find the
height of the cable at 15 m and 30 m from the middle of the road.
24. A bridge is to be built in the shape of a parabolic arch. The bridge has a span of 120
m and a maximum height of 25 m. Find the height of the arch at distance 10 m from
the center.
25. A parabolic is formed by revolving a parabola about its axis. A spotlight in the form
of a paraboloid 5 cm deep has its focus 2 cm from the vertex.
Find, to one decimal place, the radius R of the opening of the spotlight.

26. Find the vertices, foci and center for the ellipses.
a)

x2 y 2

1
25 4

4x2 4 y 2

1
b)
9
25
c)

2x + 3y = 5

d) x + 4y 6x + 8y = 1

27. P( 2,1 ) is a point on an ellipse with foci ( 3 , 0 ) and ( 3 ,0 ).Find the equation of
this ellipse.
28. Find the equation of an ellipse with one foci is F ( 0,3 ), with equation of the minor
axis x = 2 and the length of the major axis is 12 units.
29. Given the foci of an ellipse are ( 1,6 ) and (1,0 ),with the length of the major axis is
10 units, find the equation of the ellipse, sketch the ellipse.

x2 y2
30. If the line y mx c touches the ellipse 2 2 1 , prove that a 2 m 2 b 2 c 2
a
b
31. By completing the square, show that each of the following equation represents a
hyperbola.
a. 4x2 y2 8x 6y 9 = 0
b. 2x2 y2 8x 4y 3 = 0
c. 3x2 y2 12x 4y 10 = 0

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32. Find the equation of the following hyperbola with
a) Hyperbola with foci (0, 0) and (0, 4) that passes through (12, 9)
b) Hyperbola with a vertex at (0, 4) and a focus at (0, -5)
c) Hyperbola with asymptotes 2x 4y = 0 and the vertex at (8, 0)
33. Sketch the graph of the given equation y 2 4 y 4 x 2 8x 4
34. Find in Cartesian form, of each of the following parametric equations.
a) x 2t 2 , y 4t
3
b) x t , y 3t
2
35. For each of the following curves, obtain its parametric equations
a) y 2 6 x
b) 3 y 2 8( x 1)

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ANSWER
1 a) x2 + y2 6x = 0
b) x2 + y2 49 = 0
c) x2 + y2 + 6x 8y + 9 = 0 , x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y + 9 = 0
d) x2 + y2 6x + 4y = 0
e) x2 + y2 + 12x + 12y + 36 = 0
2 a) C (3, 5); r = 2

1
b) C ( , 1); r 2
2
3 a) x = y
b) x + y = 1
c) y = -2x
4) 2x + 5y + 28 = 0 , 5x + 2y 21 = 0
5) 5
6)

23

7) x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y = 0
8) 11x2 + 11y2 + 100x 58y 39 = 0
9) a) (-1, -5). (0, 2)
b) (-1, 10), (-4, -5)
10) a) (2, 1), (-1, -5)
b) (5, 1), (2, 2)

3 1
c) ( , ), (1, -1)
2 2
12) C (-1, 3), r = 6 ; 10 , 8
13) a) 3 5 , P(9, 3)
b) Q (3, 6)

9
9
), Directrix, y =
4
4

,V(0, 0)

3
3
b) F (0, ), Directrix, y =
2
2

,V (0, 0)

c) F (1, 0) , Directrix, x = -1

,V (0, 0)

14) a) F (0,

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d) F (-2, 0), Directrix, x = 2

,V (0, 0)

15) a) y2 = 16x
b) x2 = -12y
c) x2 =

9
y
4

16) a) F (4, 2) ,
b) F (3, -2),

x=2
x = -1

c) F (0, -4), x = -2
17 a) (y 2)2 = 16x
b) x2 = -16y
c) y2 = 24x
d) x2 = -32y
18 a) (y 2)2 = 6(x + 2) , V (-2, 2), F (

1
, 2) , Directrix,
2

b) ( x 2) 2 6( y 4) , V (2 , 4) , F (2 ,

11
)
2

Directrix,

3
c) ( y 1) 2 2( x 2) , V (2 ,1) , F ( ,1) , Directrix,
2

x 4

19 a) V (2 , 3) , F (0 , 3) , Directrix,
b) V (4 , 2) , F (2 , 2) , Directrix,

x6

c) V (2 , 1) , F (2 , 0) , Directrix,
d) V (2 , 3) , F (0 , 3) , Directrix,

y 2

x 4

20 a) ( y 1) 2 x 3

3
25
b) ( y ) 2 ( x )
2
4
21) (1, 4)
22) (2,8) , (18, 24)
23) 2.7 m , 10.8 m

7
2

y
5
2

5
2

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24) 24.31 m
25) R 40 6.3 cm
26 a) V1 (5 , 0) , V2 (5 , 0) ,
F1 ( 21 , 0) , F2 ( 21 , 0) , C (0,0)
5
5
b) V1 (0 , ) , V2 (0 , ) ,
F1 (0 , 2) , F2 (0 , 2) , C (0,0)
2
2
5
5
5
5
c) V1 (
, 0) , V2 (
, 0) ,
F1 (
, 0) , F2 (
, 0) , C (0,0)
2
2
6
6
d) V1 (3 14 , 1) , V2 (3 14 , 1) ,

F1 (3

x2 y2

1
6
3
( x 2) 2 ( y 3) 2
28)

1
36
32
( x 1) 2 ( y 3) 2
29)

1
16
25
( x 1) 2 ( y 3) 2

1
31 a)
1
4
( x 2) 2 ( y 2) 2
b)

1
7
7
2
( x 2) 2 ( y 2) 2

1
c)
6
18
( y 2) 2 x 2
32 a)

1
1
3
y2 x2
b)

1
16 9
x2 y2
c)

1
64 16
34 a) y 2 8 x
b) y 2 6 x
3
35 a) x t 2 , y 3t
2
2
4
b) x t 2 1 , y t
3
3
27)

21
21
, 1) , F2 (3
, 1) , C (3,1)
2
2