Precalculus

Practice Test 9.1‐9.3

Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

1. Find the standard form of the parabola with the given characteristic and vertex at the
origin.

directrix: x = –4

2. Find the equation of the graph.

3. Find the standard form of the equation of the circle with center at the origin and radius
29.

4. Find the standard form of the parabola with the given characteristic and vertex at the
origin.

focus: (0, –7)

5. Identify the center and radius of the circle below.

x2  y 2 + 8x + 8 y – 3  0

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6. Find the vertex and focus of the parabola below.

y 2 + 6 y + 8 x + 20  0

7. Find the standard form or the equation of the ellipse with vertices (9, 0) and
1
eccentricity e  .
3

8. Find the standard form of the equation of the ellipse with the given characteristics.

vertices: (–1, 0), (–1, 18) minor axis of length: 10

9. Find the vertices and asymptotes of the hyperbola.

25 y 2  4 x 2  100

10. Classify the graph of the equation below as a circle, a parabola, an ellipse, or a
hyperbola.

4 x 2 + 64 y 2 + 20 x +16 y  316  0

11. Find the center and vertices of the hyperbola.

12 x 2 – 4 y 2 – 24 x + 40 y – 136  0

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12. Find the center and foci of the hyperbola.

 y + 6 2   x + 32 1
49 32

13. Classify the graph of the equation below as a circle, a parabola, an ellipse, or a
hyperbola.

3 y 2 +11x 2 + y – 67  0

14. Find the standard form of the equation of the ellipse below.

8 x 2 + 2 y 2 +112 x – 24 y +16  0

15. Find the center and foci of the ellipse.

 x + 6 2   y + 7 2 1
40 49

16. Find the center, vertices, and foci of the ellipse below.

x 2 + 8 y 2  32

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Answer Key
1. y2 = 16x
Similar to Exercise: 9.1.49
2.

Similar to Exercise: 9.1.37

3. x 2  y 2  29
Similar to Exercise: 9.1.1
4. x2 = –28y
Similar to Exercise: 9.1.45
5. Center:  –4, –4 

Radius: 35
Similar to Exercise: 9.1.23
6.  11 
Vertex:  – , –3 
 8 
 27 
Focus:  – , –3 
 8 
Similar to Exercise: 9.1.63
7. 2 2
x y
 1
81 72
Similar to Exercise: 9.2.45
 x + 1  y – 9
8. 2 2
 1
25 81
Similar to Exercise: 9.2.33
9. 2
vertices: (0, 2) asymptote: y x
5
Similar to Exercise: 9.3.15b
10. ellipse
Similar to Exercise: 9.3.54
11. center: (1, 5) vertices: (–1, 5), (3, 5)
Similar to Exercise: 9.3.19b
12. center: (–3, –6) foci: (–3, –15), (–3, 3)
Similar to Exercise: 9.3.9
13. ellipse
Similar to Exercise: 9.3.53
14.
 x + 7  y – 6
2 2

 1
 2 14   4 14 
2 2

Similar to Exercise: 9.2.17a

15. center: (–6, –7) foci: (–6, –10), (–6, –4)
Similar to Exercise: 9.2.9
16. Center:  0, 0 

Vertices: 4 
2, 0 , 4 2, 0 
Foci: 2  
7, 0 , 2 7, 0 
Similar to Exercise: 9.2.13b
 
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