Vertical chords of a hyperbola

Calculus Level 5

If the average length of all the vertical chords of the hyperbola

x 2 9 y 2 4 = 1 \displaystyle \dfrac{x^2}{9} - \dfrac{y^2}{4} = 1

over the interval x ( 3 , 6 ) x \in (3,6) is

a [ b c ln ( b + c ) ] \large \displaystyle a[b \sqrt{c} - \ln(b + \sqrt{c})] ,

find a + b + c a+b+c

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  • c c is square free.
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I am starting with a generalization here, consider the equation of the hyperbola to be x 2 a 2 y 2 b 2 = 1 \frac{x^2}{a^2} - \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1

We intend to find the average value of, say f ( x ) = 2 y = 2 b a x 2 a 2 f(x) = 2y = 2 \frac{b}{a} \sqrt{x^2 - a^2}

The average value of f ( x ) f(x) is denoted here as μ \mu

μ = a 2 a f ( x ) d x 2 a a \mu = \displaystyle \dfrac{\int_{a}^{2a} f(x) dx}{2a -a}

a 2 a f ( x ) d x = a 2 a 2 b a x 2 a 2 d x = 2 b a [ x 2 x 2 a 2 a 2 2 ln ( x + x 2 + a 2 ) ] a 2 a = b [ 2 3 l n ( 2 + 3 ) ] \int_{a}^{2a} f(x) dx = \int_{a}^{2a} 2\frac{b}{a} \sqrt{x^2 - a^2} dx = 2\frac{b}{a} [ \frac{x}{2} \sqrt{x^2 - a^2} - \frac{a^2}{2} \ln (x + \sqrt{x^2 + a^2} )] \large{|_{a}^{2a}} = b[2\sqrt{3} - ln(2+\sqrt{3})]

Substituting a = 3 and b = 2, we get

μ = 2 [ 2 3 ln ( 2 + 3 ) ] \mu = 2[2\sqrt{3} - \ln(2+\sqrt{3}) ]

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