hyperbola

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There are also four options when we consider a circle and a hyperbola.

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There are four conics—the circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

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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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In your own words, define a hyperbola and write the equation of a hyperbola centered at the origin in standard form.

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Similarly, in an hyperbola a vertex is nearer 704 to the directrix than to the focus.

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