hyperbola

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The rectangle and asymptotes are not part of the hyperbola, but they help us graph the hyperbola.

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

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

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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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The circle has one focus at the centre, an ellipse or hyperbola two foci equidistant from the centre.

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