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We are learning about chapter 6 about finding all the parts of a hyperbola and an ellipse.

there isn't really much to explain about it so i'll just walk you through the example.

Ex. 1 which is an ellipse, and you can tell the difference between and ellipse and a hyperbola by looking to see if there is a negative.

x^2/36 + y^2/49 =1 and to be in standard form, it will always have to equal one.

so to start it off

Major axis-y-because the bigger number is under the 7

minor axis-x- by default

vertex-(0,7),(0,-7) because of the major axis which they follow

focus- focus^2=bigger plus smaller=(0,plus or minus-square root of 85)-still using the place of the major axis

other intercept( which you use to sketch a graph)-(6,0)(-6,0) you use the square root of the minor axis in that place.

length of major axis-14

length of minor-12, you can get this by doubling the square root of the number under the x or y.

and the process is really close for a hyperbola, but there is the negative to deal with and you have to find asyptotes. but its really easy, everybody should really try really hard in this last semester and finish out strong and not have to worry about next year.::))