If the average length of all the vertical chords of the hyperbola
over the interval is
,
find
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I am starting with a generalization here, consider the equation of the hyperbola to be a 2 x 2 − b 2 y 2 = 1
We intend to find the average value of, say f ( x ) = 2 y = 2 a b x 2 − a 2
The average value of f ( x ) is denoted here as μ
μ = 2 a − a ∫ a 2 a f ( x ) d x
∫ a 2 a f ( x ) d x = ∫ a 2 a 2 a b x 2 − a 2 d x = 2 a b [ 2 x x 2 − a 2 − 2 a 2 ln ( x + x 2 + a 2 ) ] ∣ a 2 a = b [ 2 3 − l n ( 2 + 3 ) ]
Substituting a = 3 and b = 2, we get
μ = 2 [ 2 3 − ln ( 2 + 3 ) ]