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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 lines containing the diagonals of this rectangle are the asymptotes 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.

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

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For the asymptotes as axes of co-ordinates the equation of the hyperbola is xy = const.

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




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