SOLUTION: Identify the followin conic. That is, is it a circle, parabola, hyperbola or ellipse? x^2-4y^2-4x-24y=48

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Question 191389: Identify the followin conic. That is, is it a circle, parabola, hyperbola or ellipse? x^2-4y^2-4x-24y=48
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Identify the followin conic. That is, is it a circle, parabola, hyperbola or ellipse? x^2-4y^2-4x-24y=48
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It's a hyperbola.
There's both an x^2 and a y^2 term, and they have different signs. That's a hyperbola.