Question 723467: I need the step by step process to classify this conic section using the discriminant I was sick the day of the lesson and really have no clue on how to begin I would greatly appreciate it if you could include the equation that this problem is based on also.-
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The discriminant of the equation  is the quantity  .
Assuming  ,  and  are    and that degenerate cases are excluded.
Then,
if  , the graph is an  or a 
if  , the graph is a 
if  , the graph is a 
you have
 .....where  ,  , , , , and 
so, , the graph is a
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