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The Hyperbola. And other Conic Sections. Insight into the HYPERBOLA. http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra2/08Conics/04_hyperbolas-intro.htm.
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The Hyperbola And other Conic Sections
Insight into the HYPERBOLA • http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra2/08Conics/04_hyperbolas-intro.htm
The designer of the McDonnell Planetarium in St. Louis, Gyo Obata, was inspired to use the hyperbola by the fact that certain comets travel in hyperbolic orbits.
Conic Sections Ellipse (h) Circle Ellipse (v)
Parabola Parabola (v) Hyperbola (v) Hyperbola (h)