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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.

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

Since the y2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens up and down.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

Its orbit is a hyperbola, and when discovered it was already rapidly leaving the inner solar system.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

But after you have demonstrated to him the properties of the hyperbola and its asymptote, the apparent absurdity vanishes.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward




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