Hyperbolas: parts, equations and graphs
Grade 11 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

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Noah marks two signal towers on a map at the foci (-6, 0) and (6, 0). A hyperbola passes through (6, 5). What is the difference of the point's distances to the foci?
Ren traces a lamp's light on a wall: a hyperbola with foci (0, -12) and (0, 12) through (10, 12). What is the difference of the point's distances to the foci?
Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (0, -12) and (0, 12) marked, and the point (10, 12) on it. Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (0, -12) and (0, 12) marked, and the point (10, 12) on it. Grid, 1 square = 2 units −16 −12 −8 −4 4 8 12 16 −14 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Tala marks two signal towers on a map at the foci (-14, 0) and (14, 0). A hyperbola passes through (6, 15). What is the difference of the point's distances to the foci?
Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (-14, 0) and (14, 0) marked, and the point (6, 15) on it. Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (-14, 0) and (14, 0) marked, and the point (6, 15) on it. 1 square = 2 units (-14, 0) (14, 0) (6, 15) x y Zee draws a hyperbola on graph paper with foci (-12, 0) and (12, 0). It passes through (12, 7). What is the difference of the point's distances to the foci?
Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (-12, 0) and (12, 0) marked, and the point (12, 7) on it. Grid, 1 square = 2 units: one branch of a hyperbola, its foci (-12, 0) and (12, 0) marked, and the point (12, 7) on it. 1 square = 2 units (-12, 0) (12, 0) (12, 7) Esme draws the hyperbola x²/16 − y²/9 = 1 on graph paper. Where are its vertices?
- (-5, 0) and (5, 0)
- (-4, 0) and (4, 0)
- (-3, 0) and (3, 0)
- (0, -4) and (0, 4)
Jun traces a lamp's light on a wall as the hyperbola y²/25 − x²/144 = 1. Where are its vertices?
- (0, -13) and (0, 13)
- (-5, 0) and (5, 0)
- (0, -5) and (0, 5)
- (0, -12) and (0, 12)
Luz draws a hyperbola on a map as x²/36 − y²/64 = 1. Where are its vertices?
- (0, -6) and (0, 6)
- (-10, 0) and (10, 0)
- (-8, 0) and (8, 0)
- (-6, 0) and (6, 0)
Milo draws the hyperbola y²/225 − x²/64 = 1 on graph paper. Where are its vertices?
- (0, -17) and (0, 17)
- (0, -8) and (0, 8)
- (0, -15) and (0, 15)
- (-15, 0) and (15, 0)
Noah marks two signal towers at the foci of the hyperbola x²/9 − y²/16 = 1 on a map. Where are the foci?
- (-√7, 0) and (√7, 0)
- (0, -5) and (0, 5)
- (-3, 0) and (3, 0)
- (-5, 0) and (5, 0)
Tala draws the hyperbola x²/64 − y²/36 = 1 on graph paper. Where are its foci?
- (-2√7, 0) and (2√7, 0)
- (0, -10) and (0, 10)
- (-8, 0) and (8, 0)
- (-10, 0) and (10, 0)