SOLUTION: Identify the following conic. Is it a circle, parabola,hyperbola or eclipse. x2 - 4y2 - 4x 24y = 48

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Question 194957: Identify the following conic. Is it a circle, parabola,hyperbola or eclipse.
x2 - 4y2 - 4x 24y = 48

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Identify the following conic. Is it a circle, parabola,hyperbola or eclipse.
x2 - 4y2 - 4x 24y = 48
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There's a sign missing between 4x and 24 y...
But, it's a hyperbola, since there's both an x^2 and a y^2 term and their signs are different.