Read a hyperbola from its equation — both asymptotes, the shape, the axes of symmetry and its domain and range — and sketch it with confidence.
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find the asymptotes of a hyperbola, describe its shape and state its domain and range.
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The Hyperbola and Its Asymptotes
The graph with a hole in it
A hyperbola is the graph of a fraction with x in the denominator, and it behaves differently from every other function in Grade 12: it comes in two separate pieces, and there are values it can never take. 🪝
Those forbidden values are the asymptotes, and they are where almost all the marks in this topic sit.
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The Hyperbola and Its Asymptotes
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