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Let the eccentricity of the hyperbola with the principal axes along the coordinate axes and passing through 3,0 and 32,2 is e, then the value of e2+1e2-1 is equal to
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The correct answer is: 5.5

One vertex of the hyperbola is 3,0.

So, assuming the equation of hyperbola as x29-y2b2=1
and passing through 32,2, we get, 
929-4b2=11=4b2b2=4
e2=1+b2a2=1+49=139
e2+1e2-1=139+1139-1=224=112=5.5

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