Analytic geometry midterm exam

Parabola
1.) Find the vertex of the parabola with equation y2 – 2x + 6y + 3 = 0
Ans. V(-3, -3)
2.) Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at (4 , 3) and focus at (4 , -
1)
Ans. X2 – 8x +16y – 32 = 0
Ellipse
3.) Find the length of the latus rectum of the following ellipse:
25x2 + 9y2 – 300x -144y +1251 = 0
Ans. 3.6
4.) Find the equation of the ellipse whose center is at (-3 , -1), vertex at (2 , -
1), and focus at (1 , -1)
Ans. 9x2 + 25y2 + 54x + 50y -119 = 0
Hyperbola
𝑥2 𝑦2
5.) What is the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola: − = 1?
9 4

Ans. 2x – 3y = 0.
Circle
6.) What is the diameter of the circle whose equation is 2x2 + 2y2 – 3x + 4y –
1=0
√33
Ans.
2
7.) Find the equation of the circle whose ends of the diameter are (-3 , 2)
and (12 , -6).
Ans. 4x2 + 4y2 - 36x + 16y – 192 = 0
8.) Find the equation of a parabola whose latus rectum is joined by points
(2, 1) and (-4 , 1)
Ans. (X+1)2 = – 6 (y – 2.5)
9.) Find the equation of an ellipse with axis parallel to x-axis, center at (0,0),
eccentricity is 1/3, and distance between foci is 2
X 2 / 9 + y2 / 8 = 1
10.) Find the equation of the hyperbola with foci (+4,0) and vertex (2 , 0)
3x2 – y2 = 12