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The fundamental rectangle helps in graphing hyperbolas and determining their asymptotes. The diagonals of this rectangle form the asymptotes. For a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis, the equations for the asymptotes are y = (b/a)x and y = -(b/a)x. These asymptotes guide the shape of the hyperbola as the branches extend infinitely.
The video begins by introducing the standard forms of hyperbola equations. For a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis and center at the origin, the equation is x²/a² - y²/b² = 1. If the transverse axis is vertical and centered at the origin, the equation is y²/a² - x²/b² = 1. The video also presents the general forms for hyperbolas not centered at the origin: (x-h)²/a² - (y-k)²/b² = 1 for a horizontal transverse axis, and (y-k)²/a² - (x-h)²/b² = 1 for a vertical transverse axis.
A hyperbola is defined as the set of all points in a plane such that the absolute value of the difference of their distances from two fixed points (foci) is constant. Unlike an ellipse where the sum of distances is constant, for a hyperbola, it is the difference. Hyperbolas have two branches that can open either right/left or up/down, determined by whether the foci are on the horizontal or vertical axis.
The video details the key parts of a hyperbola. For a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis (x²/a² - y²/b² = 1), the vertices are at (±a, 0), the foci are at (±c, 0), and the co-vertices are at (0, ±b). The value of 'c' (distance from center to focus) is found using c = √(a² + b²). The conjugate axis is perpendicular to the transverse axis. The lattice rectum, a chord through the focus, has a length of 2b²/a.
When the equation is y²/a² - x²/b² = 1, the hyperbola has a vertical transverse axis. In this case, the vertices are at (0, ±a), the foci are at (0, ±c), and the co-vertices are at (±b, 0).