Practice Exercises 1

1. An ellipse is given by the equation

8x 2 + 2y 2 = 32

2. Find

a) the major axis and the minor axis of the ellipse and their lengths,

b) the vertices of the ellipse,

c) and the foci of this ellipse.

3. Find the equation of the ellipse whose center is the origin of the axes and has a
focus at (0 , -4) and a vertex at (0 , -6).

4. Find the equation of the ellipse whose foci are at (0 , -5) and (0 , 5) and the
length of its major axis is 14.

5. Find the equation of the ellipse with vertices at (4, -5), (4, 5), (1, 0), (7, 0).

6. Determine the equation of the ellipse which is centered at (0, 0) and

passes through the points: .

7. Is the point P(3 , 4) inside, outside or on the circle with equation

(x + 2)2 + ( y - 3)2 = 9

8. Is the point P(-1 , -3) inside, outside or on the circle with equation

(x - 1)2 + ( y + 3)2 = 4

9. Write the equation of a circle whose center is (-4,8) and passes through the point
(-2,-1).
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10. Write the general equation of a circle that is tangent to the x-axis, with a center
located at (4,-6).

11. Find the equation of the ellipse whose foci are at (-1 , 0) and (3 , 0) and the
length of its minor axis is 2.

12. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose asymptotes are y=2 which passes
5
through (2 . 3)

13. Find the center, vertices, foci, and asymptotes of

14. Find the center, vertices, foci, and asymptotes of .

15. Find the equation of the horizontal hyperbola that has:

Asymptote:
16. Identify the centre, opening direction, vertices and the slopes of the
asymptotes for the hyperbola defined by:

a) x2/ 49 - y2/ 16 = 1

b) -x2/ 4 + (y + 4)2/ 64 = 1

c) (x + 8)2/ 9 - (y - 16)2/ 8 = 1

d) -(x + 6)2/ 25 + (y - 12)2/ 7 = 1

17. A hyperbola centred at (3, 1) opens left and right and has asymptotes with
slopes of +5 and -5.

Write the equation of this hyperbola in standard form.

18. Sketch the graph of the hyperbola defined by the equation

64x2 - 100y2 - 6400 = 0.
19. Given the following equation
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9x2 - 16y2 = 144

a) Find the x and y intercepts, if possible, of the graph of the equation.

b) Find the coordinates of the foci.

c) Sketch the graph of the equation.

20. Find an equation of the hyperbola with foci (3,2)(3,2) and (3,8)(3,8) and the
distance between the vertices 8 .