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Figure 9.6.4
EXAMPLE 7 Eliminating the Cross-Product Term Plus Translation (9)
Describe the conic C whose equation is (10)
Solution
The matrix form of this equation is
where
As shown in Example 6,
orthogonally diagonalizes A and has determinant 1. Substituting into 9 gives
or
Since
10 can be written as
