University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Conics in Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 591: 2

Answer

Foci:$\quad (\pm 3,0)$ Eccentricity$:\qquad e =\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}$ Directrices$:\displaystyle \quad x=\pm\frac{16}{3}$ Graph:

Work Step by Step

$7x^{2}+16y^{2}=112\qquad/\div 112$ $\displaystyle \frac{x^{2}}{16}+\frac{y^{2}}{7}=1,\qquad a=4,b=\sqrt{7}$ We have a horizontal major axis. Foci:$\quad (\pm c,0)$ $c=\sqrt{a^{2}-b^{2}}=\sqrt{16-7}=3$ Eccentricity$:\qquad e=\displaystyle \frac{c}{a}=\frac{3}{4}$ Directrices$:\displaystyle \quad x=0\pm\frac{a}{e}$ $x=\displaystyle \pm\frac{4}{(\frac{3}{4})}$ $x=\displaystyle \pm\frac{16}{3}$
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