Question

Find the coordinates of the foci and the vertices, the eccentricity, and the length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola x²/16 - y²/9=1

Answer 1

The given equation is x²/16 - y²/9=1 or x²/4² -y²/3²=1.

On comparing this equation with the standard equation of hyperbola i.e., x²/a² - y²/b²=1 we obtain a=4 and b=3