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

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

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

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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