hyperbola
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Since the y2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens up and down.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
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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Each of the fixed points is called a focus of the hyperbola.
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Its orbit is a hyperbola, and when discovered it was already rapidly leaving the inner solar system.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
This gives— An ellipse as well as an hyperbola has one pair of axes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing hyperbola
The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - High School
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