I want to find the general equation of the two lines of intersection of a...
Janet Forbes
Answered
2022-07-10
I want to find the general equation of the two lines of intersection of a one sheet hyperboloid to its tangent plane for the function
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The equation of the tangent plane is
Answer & Explanation
Dalton Lester
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2022-07-11Added 12 answers
Step 1 The 2 families of skew lines and generating hyperboloid with one sheet (H) can be retrieved, starting from its equation
in the following natural way: Lines Lines for any non-zero real number a or b. Indeed: by multiplication of its 2 equations, (2) (1) ; implication of equations meaning inclusion of corresponding geometric entities ( ) as desired. For the same reason, . Therefore, for a given point , you just have to find the values of coefficients a and b, which is straightforward. Consider the case of a. From the first equation in (2), one gets:
which is valid under the condition that . If , get a instead from the second equation in (2). Do the same for b and plug these expressions into (2), resp. (3).