1.

The distances from the focus to the vertices of

an ellipse are 4 and 6 units. Determine the Solution
second eccentricity of the ellipse. d 2=( x2−x 1 )2 + ( y 2− y 1) 2+ ( z 2−z 1 )2
9.434 2=( 8−2 )2+ ( 3−10 )2 + ( z−4 )2
( z−4)2=4
z−4=±2
z=6 and 2

4. Determine the radius of the sphere whose

equation is x 2 + y 2 + z 2+ 8 x−2 y +1=0

Solution
Reduce the equation to standard form,
( x−h)2 +( y−k )2 +(z−l)2=r 2
2 a=6+4 ; a=5 x 2+ y 2+ z 2 +8 x−2 y +1=0
x 2+ 8 x+16+ y 2−2 y+ 1+ z 2=−1+ 16+1
( x +4 )2+ ( y−1 )2 + z 2=4 2
Radius ¿ 4
Center ¿(−4,1,0)

5. Find the equation of the line joining the points

Solution of intersection of the circles
a−c=4 x 2+ y 2−4 x −20 y+ 68=0 and
5−c=4 ; c=1 x 2+ y 2−20 x−8 y +52=0.
a 2=b2 +c 2
52=b2 +12 ; b=4.899
' c
Second eccentricity, e =
b
1
e'= =0.2041
4.899
2. A triangle have vertices at A(−3 ,−2),
B(2,6), and C (4,2). What is the abscissa of
the centroid of the triangle?

Solution
Let ( x , y ¿ be the coordinates of the centroid.
Then ,
Abscissa,
x A + x B + x C −3+2+ 4 Solution
x= = =1
3 3 x 2+ y 2−4 x −20 y+ 68=0
Ordinate, x 2−4 x+ 4+ y2 −20 y+ 100=36
y A + y B + y C −2+ 6+2 ( x−2 )2 + ( y−10 )2=36
y= = =2
3 3 Center (2, 10) ; r =6
x 2+ y 2−20 x−8 y +52=0
3. If the distance between points A(2,10,4 )
x 2−20 x+ 100+ y 2−8 y +16=64
and B(8,3 , z) is 9.434, what is the value of z?
( x−10 )2 +( y−4)2=64
Center (10, 4) ; r =8 c
e=0.6=
By inspection, the circles pass through (2,4). By a
principle, the required line is normal to the line 3
through the centers of the circle which have a a= =5
0.6
slope of −3/ 4. Thus the required line has a slope
a 5
of 4 /3. d= = =8.333
e 0.6
By point slope form:
Distance between directrices ¿ 2 d
y− y1 =m ( x−x 1 ) 2 d=16.67 units
4
y−4= ( x−2 )
3
3 y−12=4 x−8
4 x−3 y+ 4=0 line through the points of
intersection

6. Find the farthest distance from the point

(12,2) to the circle
x 2+ y 2+ 6 x −16 y+ 24=0

8. What is the eccentricity of the curve

9 x 2−16 y 2−144 x +224 y +751=0 ?

Solution

9 x 2−144 x−16 y 2 +224 y =−751

9 ( x 2−16 x +64 )−16 ( y 2 +14 y + 49 )=−751+ 9 ( 64
9 ( x−8 )2−16 ( y+ 7 )2=−959
( y +7)2 ( x−8 )2
− =1
Solution 959 959
x 2+ y 2+ 6 x +24=0 16 9
x 2+ 6 x+ 9+ y 2−16 y +64=49 959
a 2= ; a=7.742
( x +3 )2 + ( y−8 )2=49 16
959
Center (−3 , 8 ) ; r =7 b 2= ; b=10.10.323
9
Distance between ( 12 ,2 ) and (−3 , 8):
2 2 2
2 2 [c =a +b ]
√
d 1= [ 12−(−3 ) ] + ( 2−8 ) 959 959
d 1=16.155 units c 2= +
16 9
Farthest distance¿ d 1 +r=23.155 units c=12.903
c 12.903
7. The eccentricity of an ellipse is 0.6 and the
e= = =1.667
a 7.742
distance between its foci is 6 units. Find the
distance between its directrices. 9. Find the equation of the line parallel to
2 x+ y =3 and normal to the curve y=x 4 .
Solution
2 c=6 ; c=3
 Solution Solution
Solve for the point of intersection
Given line: y=−2 x +3 ( m=−2 ) 1−x
Normal slope, m=−2
x + xy=1 or y=
x
1 y 3=( x +1 )2
Tangential slope, y'=
2
1−x 3 (
4 '
y=x ; y =4 x
1
3
( )
x
= x +1 )
2

=4 x 3 x=0.4396
2
y=1.2749
1
x= Solve for the angle of inclination of each
2 tangent:
1 4 1 1−x
y= ()
2
=
16
y=
x
x (−1 )− (1−x )( 1 ) −1
y− y1 =m( x−x 1) y'= = 2
x2 x
1 1
y− =m x −
16 2 ( ) y'=
−1
¿¿
16 y−1=−32 x +16 α 1=79.0625 °
2 /3
32 x+16 y −17=0 y= ( x +1 )
2
10. Find the angle of intersection of the curves y ' = ( x +1 )−1 /3
3
x + xy=1and y 3=(x+ 1)2. tan α 2=0.590425
α 2=30.558 °
Angle of intersection ¿ a1 +a 2
a 1+ a2=109.6205 °∧70.3795 °