Hyperbola

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Hyperbola, hy PUR buh luh, is a curve with two branches formed by a plane that cuts through two right circular cones that are joined at their tips. Circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas all lie on a cone-shaped surface and so are called conic sections.

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