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This document contains solutions to multiple calculus exercises involving ellipses and hyperbolas. The specific problem summarized here asks the reader to find the length of the chord common to two ellipses. The solution shows that by equating the equations of the two ellipses, their point of intersection is found to be (0,0) and (8/5, 8/5). Therefore, the length of the common chord is 8/5.

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Topics Anal - Geom

This document contains solutions to multiple calculus exercises involving ellipses and hyperbolas. The specific problem summarized here asks the reader to find the length of the chord common to two ellipses. The solution shows that by equating the equations of the two ellipses, their point of intersection is found to be (0,0) and (8/5, 8/5). Therefore, the length of the common chord is 8/5.

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16.

Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Thurman Peterson, Exercise


34 No. 26
Find the length of the chord which is common to the ellipse 𝑥 2 +
4𝑦 2 = 8𝑥 and 𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 = 8𝑦
A. 5/8
B. 8/5
C. 8
D. 5
Solution:
Equate two ellipses:
𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2
Therefore, 8𝑥 = 8𝑦
𝑥=𝑦

Then,
𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 2 = 8𝑥
5𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 = 0
𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 = 8/5

Point of intersection are: (0, 0) and (8/5, 8/5)


Therefore, the length of chord is 8/5
17. Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Thurman Peterson, Exercise
34 No. 29
In the ellipse 𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 + 2𝑥 − 6𝑦 = 0, find the length of the diameter
which has a slope 1.
A. 𝟐√𝟐

B. 3√3

C. 4√2

D. 5√3
Solution:
Find the center of ellipse
𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 + 3𝑦 2 − 6𝑦 + 9 = 0 + 1 + 9
(𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 − 3)2 = 10

Center is (-1, 3)
Equation of the line is 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑏
3 = 1(−1) + 𝑏, b=4
𝑦 =𝑥+4

The point of ellipse intersecting with the diameter


𝑥 2 + 3(𝑥 + 4)2 + 2𝑥 − 6(𝑥 + 4) = 0
4𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 + 24 = 0
𝑥 = −2, 𝑥 = −3
Points are (-2, 2) and (-3, 1)

Distance between these points is 2√2

18. Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Thurman Peterson, Exercise


34 No. 27
Find the eccentricity of an ellipse whose major axis is twice as long as
its minor axis
√𝟑
A.
𝟐
√3
B.
3

√2
C.
2

√2
D.
3

Solution:
𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
𝑐 2 = 4𝑏 2 − 𝑏 2
𝑐 2 = 3𝑏 2

𝑏 √3
𝑒=
2𝑏
√3
𝑒=
2
19. Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Thurman Peterson, Exercise
35 No. 25
Find the points of intersection of the hyperbolas 4𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 6𝑥 and
4𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 6𝑦
A. (1, 1), (2, 2)
B. (1, 0), (2, 2)
C. (0, 0), (2, 2)
D. (0, 0), (0, 2)
Solution:
Equate two hyperbolas
4𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 4𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2
Then 6𝑥 = 6𝑦
𝑥=𝑦
3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 = 0
𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 = 2

(0, 0), (2, 2)


20. Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Thurman Peterson, Exercise
35 No. 29
Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola whose transverse and
conjugate axes are equal in length

A. √𝟐

B. √3

C. √5
D. 1
Solution:
𝑎=𝑏
𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑎2
𝑐 2 = 2𝑎2

𝑎√2
𝑒=
𝑎
𝑒 = √2

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