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Vertical Hyperbola Definition
A vertical hyperbola is a conic section that can be thought of as an inside-out ellipse that opens upwards or downwards. In more formal terms a hyperbola means for two given points, the foci, a hyperbola is the locus of points such that the difference between the distances to each focus is constant. The diagram below illustrates what a vertical hyperbola looks like and the difference between it and a horizontal hyperbola.
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“Hyperbola.” Mathwords, www.mathwords.com/h/hyperbola.htm.
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