Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 10 - Section 10.4 - The Parabola; Identifying Conic Sections - Exercise Set - Page 801: 100

Answer

See the explanation below.

Work Step by Step

Standard form of a hyperbola is $\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ Standard form of of circles; $(x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=r^2$ Here, $r$ defines radius and $(a,b)$ defines center. When we compare the standard form for both a circle and ellipse we can only see the difference of the signs of the coefficients of the squared variable $x^2$ and $y^2$. For same coefficients it defines a circle and unequal coefficients define an ellipse.
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