PLEASE HELP been stuck on this problem since yesterday.....;(
In an article, there was a description about the motion of alpha particles as they are shot at a piece of gold foil 0.00004 cm thick. The figure shows a diagram from the scientist's paper that indicates that the deflected alpha particles follow the path of one branch of a hyperbola.

(a) find an equation of the asymptotes

(b) If the vertex of the path of the alpha particles is 11 cm from the center of the hyperbola, find the model that describes the path of the particle.

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PLEASE HELP been stuck on this problem since yesterday.....;(
In an article, there was a description about the motion of alpha particles as they are shot at a piece of gold foil 0.00004 cm thick. The figure shows a diagram from the scientist's paper that indicates that the deflected alpha particles follow the path of one branch of a hyperbola.

(a) find an equation of the asymptotes

(b) If the vertex of the path of the alpha particles is 11 cm from the center of the hyperbola, find the model that describes the path of the particle.

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