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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

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

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

Sometimes the equation for a hyperbola needs to be first placed in standard form before we graph it.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

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

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The first may also be enunciated thus— The lines which join any point on an ellipse or an hyperbola to the ends of a diameter are parallel to two conjugate diameters.

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




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