Week 3 - Pre-Calculus
Week 3 - Pre-Calculus
Week 3 - Pre-Calculus
GRADE 11
Pre-calculus
Conic Sections
Hyperbola
Objectives
1. Define a hyperbola.
2. Determine the standard form of
equation of a hyperbola.
"How Hyperbolas are formed"
"How Hyperbolas are formed"
Definition of Hyperbola
The hyperbola intersects the focal axis in two points called the vertices.
These vertices are the endpoints of a segment called transverse axis.
The axis that contains the foci, the center, and the vertices of the
hyperbola is referred to as focal axis or principal axis.
Another axis that plays an important role in defining the hyperbola is the
conjugate axis. This axis has no point in common with the hyperbola. It is
perpendicular to the transverse axis at the center.
A pair of lines that is closely related to but also not part of the hyperbola
are the asymptotes of the hyperbola. The asymptotes intersects at the center of
the hyperbola. A hyperbola approaches its asymptotes but will never intersect
them. Each of the asymptotes passes through the opposite vertices of the
auxiliary rectangle.
Standard Equation of
a Hyperbola
Equations of a Hyperbola
- =1
- = 1
Given the Center and the length of its Axes