Higher Engineering Mathematics

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FUNCTIONS AND THEIR CURVES 213

C

7.x^2 y^2 = 9
[
rectangular hyperbola, lying in
first and third quadrants only

]

8.x=^13


(36− 18 y^2 )



ellipse, centre (0, 0),
major axis 4 units alongx-axis,
minor axis 2


2 units
alongy-axis





  1. Sketch the circle given by the equation
    x^2 +y^2 − 4 x+ 10 y+ 25 =0.
    [Centre at (2,−5), radius 2]
    In Problems 10 to 15 describe the shape of the
    curves represented by the equations given.


10.y=


[3(1−x^2 )]


ellipse, centre (0, 0), major axis
2


3 units alongy-axis, minor
axis 2 units alongx-axis



Graphical solutions to Exercise 85, page 199


Figure 19.39


11.y=


[3(x^2 −1)]
[
hyperbola, symmetrical aboutx-
andy-axes, vertices 2 units
apart alongx-axis

]

12.y=


9 −x^2
[circle, centre (0, 0), radius 3 units]
13.y= 7 x−^1



rectangular hyperbola, lying
in first and third quadrants,
symmetrical aboutx- and
y-axes




14.y=(3x)^1 /^2 [
parabola, vertex at (0, 0), sym-
metrical about thex-axis

]

15.y^2 − 8 =− 2 x^2



ellipse, centre (0, 0), major
axis 2


8 units along the
y-axis, minor axis 4 units
along thex-axis



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