What is the length of the transverse axis?
((y-2)^2/16)-((x+1)^2/144)=1

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anonymous · Answer

f2-f1=2a
i think I have to find 2a (transverse axis)

anonymous · Answer

you mean the length of the y-axis that intersects the graph?

anonymous · Answer

well the question is 
What is the length of the transverse axis?
((y-2)^2/16)-((x+1)^2/144)=1

anonymous · Answer

hehe, my english vocabulary is a bit limited sometimes to be honest, the way I understood it, one axis that transverses the graph is the y-axis

anonymous · Answer

or maybe I understand the english word wrong, it could also be the middle line x-respective that is in between the graph.

anonymous · Answer

lol well the transverse axis is the distance between one side of the hyperbola to the other   i think...

experimentx · Answer

i too forgot what transverse axis is called

experimentx · Answer

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