document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=162322>Question 162322</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Classify the conic section of each equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10. 25x^2 - 9y^2 = 144\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think this may be a circle? But im not for sure and I would love to see the correct steps to finding the answer, i know to rewrite x as x-0 and y as y-0, and i know that 144 is also 12^2,but im  not sure where to begin. Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "10. 25x^2 - 9y^2 = 144 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think this may be a circle? But im not for sure and I would love to see the correct steps to finding the answer, i know to rewrite x as x-0 and y as y-0, and i know that 144 is also 12^2,but im not sure where to begin. Thank you!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it were a plus sign, it would be an ellipse.  A circle is a special case of the ellipse, and the coefficients of the x^2 and y^2 terms would be the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The minus sign makes it a hyperbola. </SPAN>\n" );
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