Find real solution to the equation3x2+3y2−4xy+10x−10y+10=0.What does partial differentiation give for a second degree equation...
m4tx45w
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2022-01-30
Find real solution to the equation What does partial differentiation give for a second degree equation which doesn't represent a conic?
Answer & Explanation
ocretz56
Expert
2022-01-31Added 16 answers
Step 1
A conic curve, is the intersection of the 3D cone
with the 3D plane
which takes the general form as stated in the OP. Now, a point can also be regarded as a conic curve (or conic, simply) in a sense that it is the intersection of the 3D plane with the vertex of the 3D cone, i.e. the point in which, the two halves of the cone meet.
An example is the intersection of
with
Hence, your approach is correct. Another way for justifying the result, is to note that any single point is an ellipse with zero diameters and ellipse is a conic curve.
Gordon Stephens
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2022-02-01Added 10 answers
Step 1 Multiplying by 3 then "completing the square" for the quadratic in x: It follows that the only real solution is Step 2 The final equation can be written as with and , which is a degenerate conic, specifically two intersecting complex lines with the single common real point at . This is consistent with OP's findings of discriminant and center of the conic at the unique real point.