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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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The lines containing the diagonals of this rectangle are the asymptotes of the hyperbola.

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Sometimes the equation for a hyperbola needs to be first placed in standard form before we graph it.

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We define a hyperbola as all points in a plane where the difference of their distances from two fixed points is constant.

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We will see that the equation of a hyperbola looks the same as the equation of an ellipse, except it is a difference rather than a sum.

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It is natural, therefore, that circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola should all be looked upon as lines.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith


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