hyperbola

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

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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Since the x2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens left and right.

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The centre of an hyperbola is without the curve, because the line at infinity cuts the curve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various