document.write( "Question 328448: Give the slope of the asymptotes of the conic section x^2/144 + y^2/25=1 \n" ); document.write( "

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term but no

term (or vice versa) you have a parabola.\r
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and the

terms have opposite signs, you have a hyperbola (and you have asymptotes).\r
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and the

terms have identical coefficients, then you have a circle.\r
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and the

terms have unequal coefficients with the same sign, then you have an ellipse.\r
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