SOLUTION: how do you tell the difference between an ellipse and a hyperbola?

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Question 576549: how do you tell the difference between an ellipse and a hyperbola?
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how do you tell the difference between an ellipse and a hyperbola?
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An ellipse is a continuous line. A hyperbola is 2 lines.