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Binomial Expansion
Combinations and Permutations
Logarithms
Conic Sections
  CONIC SECTIONS
The standard equations for a hyperbola are


the vertices are( -a, 0) and (a,0) or


the vertices are (0, -a) and (0, a)
where c2 = a2 + b2. The transverse axis is horizontal because x2/a2 > 0. When y2/a2 > 0 the transverse axis is vertical. The vertices and foci lie on the transverse axis.
The hyperbola
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