Define hyperbola?

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SIMPLY SAY THAT IN ANY CONIC SECTION ECCENTRICITY e>1
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If you were to stand on the ground and throw a ball into the air, the ball would leave your hand reach a certain height and then fall back to the ground. The path that the ball would take would look like an arc. If this path were visible and you could somehow hold it up to a giant mirror, then the path...
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If you were to stand on the ground and throw a ball into the air, the ball would leave your hand reach a certain height and then fall back to the ground. The path that the ball would take would look like an arc. If this path were visible and you could somehow hold it up to a giant mirror, then the path and its reflection would create a hyperbola. read less
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(square of (x/a) ) - (square of (y/b) )=1 and eccentricity e >1.
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