The latus-rectum of the hyperbola 16x2 – 9y2 = 144 is
Given: 16x2 – 9y2 = 144
To find: length of latus-rectum of hyperbola.
16x2 – 9y2 = 144
Formula used:
For hyperbola
Length of latus rectum is
Here, a = 3 and b = 4
Length of latus rectum,