Find the equation of the hyperbola having its foci at and passing through the point P(3, 4).

Given: Foci at and passing through the point P(3, 4)


Need to find: The equation of the hyperbola.


Let, the equation of the hyperbola be:


It passes through the point P(3, 4)


So putting the values of (x, y) we get,


---- (1)


Foci at


So,


We know,




[Squaring on both sides]


---- (2)


Comparing (1) and (2) we get,






Solving the equations we get,


b1 =


b2 =


b3 =


b4 =


With the help of any of these values of b we can’t find out the equation of the hyperbola.


* This is the only process we can apply in this standard.


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