document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=202415>Question 202415</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can anyone help me? The directions are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose the correct conic section to fit each equation. Is it a Circle, Ellipse, Parabola, or Hyperbola?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) x^2 + y^2 = 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) (x - 8)^2 + (y - 12)^2 = 25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) (x^2/9) + (y^2/4) = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4) y = (1/8 x^2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5) x = (1/16 y^2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6) (x^2/16) - (y^2/4) = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7) x^2 - 4y^2 = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8) x^2/36 - y^2 = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance for all your help. :)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~Sarah~ </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #152644 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=152644\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the two variables are raised to the same power, then it is NOT a parabola.  One of the variables squared and the other not squared IS a parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If not a parabola, then\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the sign between the two variables is negative, it is a hyperbola\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the sign is positive and the coefficients on the variables are unequal, it is an ellipse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the sign is positive and the coefficients are equal, then it is a circle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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