PROBLEM SET #2

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I. Determine, sketch, and locate the following points. Express the following in standard form of
the parabola.
1. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑦 − 16𝑥 + 64 = 0 2. 𝑦 2 + 12𝑦 − 24𝑥 − 12 = 0
Standard form: Standard form:

Vertex: Vertex:
Focus: Focus:
Latus Rectum: Latus Rectum
Directrix: Directrix
Axis of Symmetry: Axis of Symmetry

II. Write the standard form of the equation of the parabola given the indicated coordinate points
and conditions.
3 Vertex: (−2,4); Focus (6,4)

4. Vertex (3,8), Latus Rectum = 16 units, opens to the right

5. Focus (6,5), Directrix: x = −6

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III. Determine, sketch, and locate the following points. Express the following in standard form.
1. 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 16𝑥 + 18𝑦 − 119 = 0
Standard Form:

Center: Co-Vertices:

Vertices:

Foci: LR1

LR2

Directrices:

IV. Write the standard form of the equation given the indicated coordinate points and
conditions.
2. Center: (2,1), Vertex (10,1), Covertex (2,5)

3. V1(4,16), V2(4, −8), Minor Axis is 10 (in total length).

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V. Determine, sketch, and locate the following points. Express the following in standard form.
1.9𝑦 2 − 25𝑥 2 + 200𝑥 + 54𝑦 − 544 = 0
Standard Form:

Center: Co-Vertices:

Vertices:

Foci: LR1

LR2

Asymptotes:

VI. Write the standard form of the equation given the indicated coordinate points and
conditions.
2. Center: (2,0), Vertex (10,0), Covertex (2,5)

3.V1(5,8), V2(5, −12), Minor/Conjugate Axis is 14 (in total length).

4. C(6,3), F(16,3),Semi-Transverse/Major Axis is 6.

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