SOLUTION: I need the step by step process to classify this conic section using the discriminant I was sick the day of the lesson and really have no clue on how to begin I would greatly appre

Question 723467: I need the step by step process to classify this conic section using the discriminant I was sick the day of the lesson and really have no clue on how to begin I would greatly appreciate it if you could include the equation that this problem is based on also.-

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The discriminant of the equation is the quantity .
Assuming , and are

and that degenerate cases are excluded.
Then,
if , the graph is an or a
if , the graph is a
if , the graph is a
you have
.....where , ,,,, and

so, , the graph is a

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