SOLUTION: Please help me!!! Which of the equations below is for an ellipse and which is for a hyperbola? Demonstrate by explaining or showing how you can tell the difference without using

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Question 857821: Please help me!!!
Which of the equations below is for an ellipse and which is for a hyperbola?
Demonstrate by explaining or showing how you can tell the difference without using a graphing calculator.
A) 4y^2=144+16x^2
B) 4y^2+16x^2=144

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ellipses have the form

while hyperbolas have the form,

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