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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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The foci must lie on the transverse axis and be in the interior of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

If eccentricity is greater than 1, it is a hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The rectangle and asymptotes are not part of the hyperbola, but they help us graph the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The a, b values in the equation also help us find the asymptotes of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The nature of the two kinds of branches is best understood by considering them as projections, in the same way as we in effect consider the hyperbola and the parabola as projections of the ellipse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various




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