IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Sections 10.3, 12.1, 12.2
Name: __________________________________
This worksheet is DUE at the end of class. You will be working in teams but submitting an individual
worksheet. The LAs and the Instructor are here to help! In-Class assignments account for 10% of your
grade. (Use your pre-class guided note)
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Q1. Plot the polar points 𝐴 = (3, 6 ), 𝐵 = (−2, ), 𝐶 = (1, −3𝜋), 𝐷 = (−4, 6𝜋)
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Q2. Convert the polar point (3, − 6 ) into rectangular coordinates. Simplify all radicals.
Q3. Convert the rectangular point (−2√3, 2) into polar coordinates with r > 0 and 0 ≤ < 2π.
Plotting the point in the rectangular system could be more helpful than using a formula in
finding .
Q4. How do we know that the equation 8𝑥 2 + 16𝑦 2 = 64 defines an ellipse? Explain in your own
words. Graph the equation and give coordinates of all special points.
Q5. An ellipse has the center at (0,0), a focus at (3, 0) and a vertex at (4, 0). Plot these points in the
coordinate plane below and determine the coordinates of the other vertex and focus. (Do not graph the
ellipse yet!)
x2 y2 x2 y2
a)Does this ellipse have the standard equation of the form 1 or 1 ? How do we
a2 b2 b2 a2
know?
b) Determine values of a, b, c.
c) Finish drawing the ellipse.
d) Write the equation of the ellipse described at the beginning.
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Q6. Consider the hyperbola given by the equation 25 − 4
=1
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a) Does the equation25 − 4 = 1 define the hyperbola with vertices on the x-axis or y-axis? Explain
how we know that. What are values of a and b?
b) Is it sufficient to know on what axis the vertices are to determine whether the branches of the
hyperbola open to the left / right or up / down? Explain.
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c) Explain how we use values 9 and 4 from the equation25 − 4 = 1 to graph the asymptotes of
the hyperbola. What are the equations of the asymptotes? Do you have to remember the
formulas?
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d) Now, graph the hyperbola 25 − 4
=1
e) Do foci lie on the x-axis or y-axis? How do we
know?
f) What is the relation between the distance between the center and a focus, that is, value c, and
values 9 and 4 in the equation? Write an appropriate general equation and solve it to find value
of c. Give the coordinates and plot foci.
Q7. A hyperbola has the center at (0,0), a vertex at (0, 3) and a focus at (0, 4). Plot these points in the
coordinate plane and determine the coordinates of the other vertex and focus.
a) Does this hyperbola have the standard
y2 x2
equation of the form 1 or
a2 b2
x2 y2
1 ? Justify your answer.
a2 b2
b) Determine values of a, b, c.
c) Draw the asymptote rectangle and determine the equations of asymptotes. (use the graph!)
d) Draw the hyperbola
e) Write the equation of the hyperbola described at the beginning
