HOMEWORK QUESTION: CONIC SECTIONS
I'm so stuck on these two questions out of all 20, can someone please help?

Write the equation of each conic section with the given properties: A hyperbola with vertices (0,-6) and (0,6) and asymptotes y=3/4x & y=-3/4x

and

An ellipse with vertices (0,-5) and (0,5) and a minor axis of length 8

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HOMEWORK QUESTION: CONIC SECTIONS
I'm so stuck on these two questions out of all 20, can someone please help?

Write the equation of each conic section with the given properties: A hyperbola with vertices (0,-6) and (0,6) and asymptotes y=3/4x & y=-3/4x

and

An ellipse with vertices (0,-5) and (0,5) and a minor axis of length 8

ganeshie8 · Answer

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ganeshie8 · Answer

since vertices are along y-axis, hyperbola equaition will be of form :

y^2/a^2 - x^2/b^2 = 1

you need to simply figure out a and b, and plugin above.

ganeshie8 · Answer

look at the attached chart and see if u can figure out a and b