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Midterm Analytic Geometry Exam

1. The document contains 10 practice problems testing concepts of analytic geometry including finding equations and properties of parabolas, ellipses, circles, and hyperbolas. 2. The first problem asks to find the vertex of a parabolic equation, the second asks for the equation of a parabola given its vertex and focus, and the third asks for the length of the latus rectum of an elliptic equation. 3. The remaining problems involve finding equations of various conic sections given properties like centers, foci, vertices, or diameters.

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Midterm Analytic Geometry Exam

1. The document contains 10 practice problems testing concepts of analytic geometry including finding equations and properties of parabolas, ellipses, circles, and hyperbolas. 2. The first problem asks to find the vertex of a parabolic equation, the second asks for the equation of a parabola given its vertex and focus, and the third asks for the length of the latus rectum of an elliptic equation. 3. The remaining problems involve finding equations of various conic sections given properties like centers, foci, vertices, or diameters.

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Analytic geometry midterm exam

Parabola
1.) Find the vertex of the parabola with equation y2 – 2x + 6y + 3 = 0
Ans. V(-3, -3)
2.) Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at (4 , 3) and focus at (4 , -
1)
Ans. X2 – 8x +16y – 32 = 0
Ellipse
3.) Find the length of the latus rectum of the following ellipse:
25x2 + 9y2 – 300x -144y +1251 = 0
Ans. 3.6
4.) Find the equation of the ellipse whose center is at (-3 , -1), vertex at (2 , -
1), and focus at (1 , -1)
Ans. 9x2 + 25y2 + 54x + 50y -119 = 0
Hyperbola
𝑥2 𝑦2
5.) What is the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola: − = 1?
9 4

Ans. 2x – 3y = 0.
Circle
6.) What is the diameter of the circle whose equation is 2x2 + 2y2 – 3x + 4y –
1=0
√33
Ans.
2
7.) Find the equation of the circle whose ends of the diameter are (-3 , 2)
and (12 , -6).
Ans. 4x2 + 4y2 - 36x + 16y – 192 = 0
8.) Find the equation of a parabola whose latus rectum is joined by points
(2, 1) and (-4 , 1)
Ans. (X+1)2 = – 6 (y – 2.5)
9.) Find the equation of an ellipse with axis parallel to x-axis, center at (0,0),
eccentricity is 1/3, and distance between foci is 2
X 2 / 9 + y2 / 8 = 1
10.) Find the equation of the hyperbola with foci (+4,0) and vertex (2 , 0)
3x2 – y2 = 12

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