document.write( "Question 757462: When you have an equation and you have to graph it and determine if it is a ellipse, circle, parabola, or hyperbola, how do u know? \n" ); document.write( "

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the eqn is to be rearranged in the standard form then it will be easy to classify
\n" ); document.write( "the standard form of the eqns are
\n" ); document.write( "for circle (x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=r^2
\n" ); document.write( "for ellipse x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1
\n" ); document.write( "for hyperabola x^2/a^2-y^2/b^2=1
\n" ); document.write( "for perabola y^2=4ax
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