SOLUTION: Without writing the equation in the standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola 7x^2-7y^2-8y=-2

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Question 295542: Without writing the equation in the standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola
7x^2-7y^2-8y=-2
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Without writing the equation in the standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola
7x^2-7y^2-8y=-2
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Because the x^2 and y^2 terms have different signs
the graph is a hyperbola.
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Stan H.