Basics of Hyperbola

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Basics of Hyperbola: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Hyperbola, Hyperbola as a Conic Section, Hyperbola as Locus of Point Having Constant Ratio between Distances from a Point and a Line, Second Degree General Equation and Hyperbola, etc.

Important Questions on Basics of Hyperbola

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Prove that the square of the length of a focal chord of hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 having slope m is 4a2b41+m22a2m2-b22.

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The equation y2-x2=2 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The equation y2-x2=64 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The equation y2-x2=16 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The equation y2-x2=4 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The equation y2-x2=1 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The equation y2-x2+2x-1=0 represents a rectangular hyperbola.

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The sound of a cannon firing is heard one second later at a position B than at position A. If the speed of sound is uniform, then

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Find the length of the latus-rectum of the rectangular hyperbola x2-y2-81=0.

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Find the length of the latus-rectum of the rectangular hyperbola x2-y2-9=0.

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Find the length of the latus-rectum of the rectangular hyperbola x2-y2-25=0.

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 What type of conic is represented by the equation x2-y2=9?  What is its eccentricity?

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Show that the eccentricity of any rectangular hyperbola is 2.

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The equation y2-x2+2x-1=0 represents a hyperbola.

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Let θ0,π2. If the eccentricity of the hyperbola x2cos2θ-y2=6cos2θ is 3 times the eccentricity of the ellipse x2+y2cos2θ=30cos2θ, then θ is equal to

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Find the equation of the hyperbola whose foci are 4,1 and 8,1 and whose eccentricity is 2.

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The hyperbola x2a2-y2b2=1 passes through the point of intersection of the lines 7x+13y-87=0 and 5x-8y+7=0 and its latus rectum is of length 3225. Eccentricity is m5. Find m.

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Sum of the lengths of transverse axis and conjugate axis of the following hyperbola y2-16x2=16 is

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The length of the latus-rectum of the following hyperbola 9y2-4x2=72 is

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The difference in focal distances of any point on the hyperbola x216-y29=1 is