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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Equation Of A Curve
If the
-intercept of the line is and the slope is , which of the following equations best satisfies this condition?
Write the slope-intercept form.
The point given the x-intercept of 6 is
.Substitute the point and the slope into the equation and solve for the y-intercept.
Substitute the y-intercept back to the slope-intercept form to get your equation.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Equation Of A Curve
A vertical parabola on the coordinate plane has vertex
and -intercept .Give its equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
The equation of a vertical parabola, in vertex form, is
,
where
is the vertex. Set :
To find
, use the -intercept, setting :
The equation, in vertex form, is
; in standard form:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Equation Of A Curve
A vertical parabola on the coordinate plane has vertex
; one of its -intercepts is .Give its equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
The equation of a vertical parabola, in vertex form, is
,
where
is the vertex. Set :
To find
, use the known -intercept, setting :
The equation, in vertex form, is
; in standard form:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Equation Of A Curve
A vertical parabola on the coordinate plane has
-intercept ; its only -intercept is .Give its equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
If a vertical parabola has only one
-intercept, which here is , that point doubles as its vertex as well.The equation of a vertical parabola, in vertex form, is
,
where
is the vertex. Set :
To find
, use the -intercept, setting :
The equation, in vertex form, is
. In standard form:
Example Question #282 : Geometry
A vertical parabola on the coordinate plane has
-intercept ; one of its -intercepts is .Give its equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
The equation of a vertical parabola, in standard form, is
for some real
.is the -coordinate of the -intercept, so , and the equation is
Set
:
However, no other information is given, so the values of
and cannot be determined for certain. The correct response is that insufficient information is given.Example Question #21 : X And Y Intercept
Give the equation of the above ellipse.
The equation of the ellipse with center
, horizontal axis of length , and vertical axis of length is
The ellipse has center
, horizontal axis of length 8, and vertical axis of length 16. Therefore,, , and .
The equation of the ellipse is
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Equation Of A Curve
Give the equation of the above ellipse.
The equation of the ellipse with center
, horizontal axis of length , and vertical axis of length is
The ellipse has center
, horizontal axis of length 10, and vertical axis of length 6. Therefore,, , and .
The equation of the ellipse is
Example Question #22 : X And Y Intercept
Give the equation of the above ellipse.
The equation of the ellipse with center
, horizontal axis of length , and vertical axis of length is
The ellipse has center
, horizontal axis of length 8, and vertical axis of length 6. Therefore,, , and .
The equation of the ellipse is
Example Question #21 : X And Y Intercept
The
-intercept and the only -intercept of a vertical parabola on the coordinate plane coincide with the -intercept and the -intercept of the line of the equation . Give the equation of the parabola.Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
To find the
-intercept, that is, the point of intersection with the -axis, of the line of equation , set and solve for :
The
-intercept is .The
-intercept can be found by doing the opposite:
The
-intercept is .The parabola has these intercepts as well. Also, since the vertical parabola has only one
-intercept, that point doubles as its vertex as well.The equation of a vertical parabola, in vertex form, is
,
where
is the vertex. Set :
for some real
. To find it, use the -intercept, setting
The parabola has equation
, which is rewritten as
Example Question #231 : Coordinate Geometry
An ellipse on the coordinate plane has as its center the point
. It passes through the points and . Give its equation.
Insufficient information is given to determine the equation.
The equation of the ellipse with center
, horizontal axis of length , and vertical axis of length is
The center is
, so and .To find
, note that one endpoint of the horizontal axis is given by the point with the same -coordinate through which it passes, namely, . Half the length of this axis, which is , is the difference of the -coordinates, so . Similarly, to find , note that one endpoint of the vertical axis is given by the point with the same -coordinate through which it passes, namely, . Half the length of this axis, which is , is the difference of the -coordinates, so .The equation is
or
.
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