800 CHAPTER 12 | Conic Sections

Expanding and collecting like terms, we get

100X 2 $ 25Y " 25 ! 0

"4X 2 ! Y " 1 Simplify

X ! 2
" 14 1 Y " 12 Divide by 4

(b) We recognize this as the equation of a parabola that opens along the negative
Y-axis and has vertex 10, 12 in XY-coordinates. Since 4p ! " 14, we have p ! " 161 ,
so the focus is A0, 15 17
16 B and the directrix is Y ! 16 . Using

f ! cos"1 45 ! 37°
we sketch the graph in Figure 6(a).

y
Y y = (–24x – 5 + 5 œ15x + 10) /18
(0, 1) 2
X

ā37*
_2 2
x

_2

y = (–24x – 5 – 5 œ15x + 10) /18

FIGURE 6
64x 2 $ 96xy $ 36y 2 " 15x $ 20y " 25 ! 0 (a) (b)

(c) To draw the graph using a graphing calculator, we need to solve for y. The given
equation is a quadratic equation in y, so we can use the Quadratic Formula to solve
for y. Writing the equation in the form

36y 2 $ 196x $ 202 y $ 164x 2 " 15x " 252 ! 0

we get

"196x $ 202 # 2196x $ 202 2 " 41362 164x 2 " 15x " 252 Quadratic
y! Formula
21362
"196x $ 202 # 26000x $ 4000
! Expand
72
"96x " 20 # 20215x $ 10
! Simplify
72
"24x " 5 # 5215x $ 10
! Simplify
18
To obtain the graph of the parabola, we graph the functions

y ! A"24x " 5 $ 5215x $ 10B/18 and y ! A"24x " 5 " 5215x $ 10B/18

as shown in Figure 6(b).

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