Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 10 - Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 729: 10

Answer

True

Work Step by Step

Since, the curve always bends toward the focus and away from the from the directrix. A hyperbola never intersects its directrix. It is because the directrix has the x-intercept which lies outside the hyperbola and is having a magnitude slope larger than that of asymptotes. Hence, the given statement is true.
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