A hyperbola centered at the origin has a squared equal to 64 and b squared equal to 36. How far is each focus from the center?

1. For a hyperbola, c squared equals a squared plus b squared, a sum rather than a difference. 2. Adding gives 64 plus 36, which is 100. 3. Taking the square root gives c equal to 10 units. 4. Answering 8 units uses a alone and ignores the b squared term entirely. _Source: OpenStax College Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 "Analytic Geometry", section 8.2 The Hyperbola_