University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.6 - Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces - Exercises - Page 636: 30

Answer

Hyperboloid of two sheets. See image: .

Work Step by Step

The equation has the form of a Hyperboloid of two sheets. as found in Table 11.1, with variables y and z interchanged. The hyperboloid opens along the y-axis. Cross-sections with planes $y=k$ are ellipses. Cross-sections with planes parallel to $x=0, z=0$, are hyperbolas.
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