Vertical Hyperbola
Example: Identify the Key information
Horizontal or Vertical?
This Hyperbola is Vertical, the leading term is y.
Center:
(1,-2), be careful to take the y value from y and the x value from x, regardless of the order.
Vertices: since b is 3, and this is vertical,
(1,1) and (1,-5)
Foci:
Using ,
so the foci are and
Or approximately and
If you use the tools above, you can find this is true