On a highway, Nick's car uses 12.5 gallons of gas to travel 240 miles. The gas tank in Nick's car holds 20 gallons of gas. How far can Nick's car travel on a highway using a full tank of gas?

add 5 subtract 1

step-by-step explanation:

might be the correct answer will be question number 2

let's first notice, the center of the hyperbola is at the origin, since the focus points are equidistantly 3 units away from the origin, that also means that the distance "c" from the center to either focus is 3.

it should also be notable that, the traverse axis for this hyperbola is vertical, or namely over the y-axis and therefore, the positive fraction will be the one with y-variable.

the traverse "a" component or distance from the center to either vertex is not 2, is more than 2, so we can safely put it at √5 ≈ 2.24.