Chapter 8

Intermediate Algebra · 48 exercises

Problem 3

\(9 x^{2}+y^{2}=36\)

4 step solution

Problem 4

\(4 x^{2}-9 y^{2}=16\)

4 step solution

Problem 9

\(y^{2}-4 x^{2}=9\)

4 step solution

Problem 12

\(9 x^{2}-4 y^{2}=9\)

4 step solution

Problem 13

\(y^{2}-16 x^{2}=4\)

6 step solution

Problem 17

Is the graph of \(x^{2}+y^{2}=4\) the same as the graph of \(y^{2}+x^{2}=4\) ? Explain your answer.

4 step solution

Problem 18

Is the graph of \(x^{2}+y^{2}=0\) a circle? If so, what is the length of a radius?

4 step solution

Problem 19

Is the graph of \(4 x^{2}+9 y^{2}=36\) the same as the graph of \(9 x^{2}+4 y^{2}=36 ?\) Explain your answer.

3 step solution

Problem 20

\(y^{2}-8 y-x^{2}-4 x+3=0\)

6 step solution

Problem 22

\(4 x^{2}+24 x-y^{2}+4 y+28=0\)

6 step solution

Problem 23

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-2 x-6 y-6=0\)

6 step solution

Problem 24

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+4 x-12 y+39=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 25

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+6 x+10 y+18=0\)

7 step solution

Problem 26

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-10 x+2 y+1=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 28

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+4 x+14 y+50=0\)

6 step solution

Problem 28

\(y=-(x-1)^{2}+1\)

5 step solution

Problem 29

The graphs of equations of the form \(x y=k\), where \(k\) is a nonzero constant, are also hyperbolas, sometimes referred to as rectangular hyperbolas. Graph each of the following. (a) \(x y=3\) (b) \(x y=5\) (c) \(x y=-2\) (d) \(x y=-4\)

7 step solution

Problem 29

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-16 x+6 y+71=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 30

What is the graph of \(x y=0\) ? Defend your answer.

5 step solution

Problem 31

We have graphed various equations of the form \(A x^{2}+\) \(B y^{2}=C\), where \(C\) is a nonzero constant. Now graph each of the following. (a) \(x^{2}+y^{2}=0\) (b) \(2 x^{2}+3 y^{2}=0\) (c) \(x^{2}-y^{2}=0\) (d) \(4 y^{2}-x^{2}=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 31

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+6 x-8 y=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 32

Explain the concept of an asymptote.

4 step solution

Problem 32

. \(x^{2}+y^{2}-16 x+30 y=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 32

How would you convince someone that \(y=(x+3)^{2}\) is the basic parabola moved 3 units to the left but that \(y=\) \((x-3)^{2}\) is the basic parabola moved 3 units to the right?

4 step solution

Problem 33

Explain how asymptotes can be used to help graph hyperbolas.

5 step solution

Problem 33

How does the graph of \(-y=x^{2}\) compare to the graph of \(y=x^{2}\) ? Explain your answer.

3 step solution

Problem 34

Are the graphs of \(x^{2}-y^{2}=0\) and \(y^{2}-x^{2}=0\) identical? Are the graphs of \(x^{2}-y^{2}=4\) and \(y^{2}-x^{2}=4\) identical? Explain your answers.

3 step solution

Problem 34

\(9 x^{2}+9 y^{2}-6 x-12 y-40=0\)

6 step solution

Problem 34

How does the graph of \(y=4 x^{2}\) compare to the graph of \(y=2 x^{2}\) ? Explain your answer.

4 step solution

Problem 36

(a) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=2 x^{2}, y=3 x^{2}\), and \(y=4 x^{2}\) on the same set of axes. (b) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=\frac{3}{4} x^{2}, y=\frac{1}{2} x^{2}\), and \(y=\frac{1}{5} x^{2}\) on the same set of axes. (c) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=-x^{2}, y=-3 x^{2}\), and \(y=-\frac{1}{4} x^{2}\) on the same set of axes.

4 step solution

Problem 37

(a) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=(x-2)^{2}, y=(x-3)^{2}\), and \(y=\) \((x-5)^{2}\) on the same set of axes. (b) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=(x+1)^{2}, y=(x+3)^{2}\), and \(y=\) \((x+6)^{2}\) on the same set of axes.

5 step solution

Problem 38

For each of the following equations, (1) predict the type and location of the graph, and (2) use your graphing calculator to check your predictions. (a) \(x^{2}+y^{2}=100\) (b) \(x^{2}-y^{2}=100\) (c) \(y^{2}-x^{2}=100\) (d) \(y=-x^{2}+9\) (e) \(2 x^{2}+y^{2}=14\) (f) \(x^{2}+2 y^{2}=14\) (g) \(x^{2}+2 x+y^{2}-4=0\) (h) \(x^{2}+y^{2}-4 y-2=0\) (i) \(y=x^{2}+16\) (j) \(y^{2}=x^{2}+16\) (k) \(9 x^{2}-4 y^{2}=72\) (1) \(4 x^{2}-9 y^{2}=72\) (m) \(y^{2}=-x^{2}-4 x+6\)

9 step solution

Problem 38

(a) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=(x-2)^{2}+3, y=(x+4)^{2}-2\), and \(y=(x-6)^{2}-4\) on the same set of axes. (b) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=2(x+1)^{2}+4, y=3(x-1)^{2}-3\), and \(y=\frac{1}{2}(x-5)^{2}+2\) on the same set of axes. (c) Graph \(y=x^{2}, y=-(x-4)^{2}-3, y=-2(x+3)^{2}-1\), and \(y=-\frac{1}{2}(x-2)^{2}+6\) on the same set of axes.

6 step solution

Problem 39

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+6 x-2 y+6=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 39

(a) Graph \(y=x^{2}-12 x+41\) and \(y=x^{2}+12 x+41\) on the same set of axes. What relationship seems to exist between the two graphs? (b) Graph \(y=x^{2}-8 x+22\) and \(y=-x^{2}+8 x-22\) on the same set of axes. What relationship seems to exist between the two graphs? (c) Graph \(y=x^{2}+10 x+29\) and \(y=-x^{2}+10 x-29\) on the same set of axes. What relationship seems to exist between the two graphs? (d) Summarize your findings for parts (a) through (c).

6 step solution

Problem 40

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-4 x-6 y-12=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 42

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-4 x+3=0\)

4 step solution

Problem 43

\(x^{2}+y^{2}+4 x+4 y-8=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 44

\(x^{2}+y^{2}-6 x+6 y+2=0\)

5 step solution

Problem 55

Find the equation of the circle that passes through the origin and has its center at \((0,4)\).

5 step solution

Problem 56

Find the equation of the circle that passes through the origin and has its center at \((-6,0)\).

5 step solution

Problem 57

Find the equation of the circle that passes through the origin and has its center at \((-4,3)\).

4 step solution

Problem 58

Find the equation of the circle that passes through the origin and has its center at \((8,-15)\).

5 step solution

Problem 60

On which axis does the center of the circle \(x^{2}+y^{2}-\) \(8 y+7=0\) lie? Defend your answer.

5 step solution

Problem 61

Give a step-by-step description of how you would help someone graph the parabola \(y=2 x^{2}-12 x+9\).

6 step solution

Problem 62

The points \((x, y)\) and \((y, x)\) are mirror images of each other across the line \(y=x\). Therefore, by interchanging \(x\) and \(y\) in the equation \(y=a x^{2}+b x+c\), we obtain the equation of its mirror image across the line \(y=x\); namely, \(x=a y^{2}+b y+c\). Thus to graph \(x=y^{2}+2\), we can first graph \(y=x^{2}+2\) and then reflect it across the line \(y=x\), as indicated in Figure 8.22. Graph each of the following parabolas. (a) \(x=y^{2}\) (c) \(x=y^{2}-1\) (b) \(x=-y^{2}\) (d) \(x=-y^{2}+3\) (e) \(x=-2 y^{2}\) (f) \(x=3 y^{2}\) (g) \(x=y^{2}+4 y+7\) (h) \(x=y^{2}-2 y-3\)

9 step solution

Problem 63

By expanding \((x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2}=r^{2}\), we obtain \(x^{2}-\) \(2 h x+h^{2}+y^{2}-2 k y+k^{2}-r^{2}=0\). When we compare this result to the form \(x^{2}+y^{2}+D x+E y+F=0\), we see that \(D=-2 h, E=-2 k\), and \(F=h^{2}+k^{2}-r^{2}\). Therefore, the center and length of a radius of a circle can be found by using \(h=\frac{D}{-2}, k=\frac{E}{-2}\), and \(r=\sqrt{h^{2}+k^{2}-F}\). Use these relationships to find the center and the length of a radius of each of the following circles. (a) \(x^{2}+y^{2}-2 x-8 y+8=0\) (b) \(x^{2}+y^{2}+4 x-14 y+49=0\) (c) \(x^{2}+y^{2}+12 x+8 y-12=0\) (d) \(x^{2}+y^{2}-16 x+20 y+115=0\) (e) \(x^{2}+y^{2}-12 y-45=0\) (f) \(x^{2}+y^{2}+14 x=0\)

12 step solution

Problem 66

Graph each of the following parabolas and circles. Be sure to set your boundaries so that you get a complete graph. (a) \(x^{2}+24 x+y^{2}+135=0\) (b) \(y=x^{2}-4 x+18\) (c) \(x^{2}+y^{2}-18 y+56=0\) (d) \(x^{2}+y^{2}+24 x+28 y+336=0\) (e) \(y=-3 x^{2}-24 x-58\) (f) \(y=x^{2}-10 x+3\)

12 step solution

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