September 29, 2009
No CommentsDefinition of a Hyperbola
Description
A detailed tutorial of the definition of a hyperbola. Step by steo tutorial including several examples of the definition of a hyperbola for reference.
Overview
A hyperbola is similar to a parabola, but there is one difference – the hyperbola has two branches. You can think of it in the 2D form as a concave up parabola on top of a concave down parabola. Many people refer to the hyperbola as the “bow” because that is what it resembles. Like the parabola, a hyperbola is caused by the intersection of a conical surface and a plane.
