Definition:Hyperbola/Asymptote

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Parts of Hyperbola

 

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Consider a hyperbola $K$ whose foci are $F_1$ and $F_2$.


The asymptotes of $K$ are the two straight lines which cross at the center of $K$ such that the distance between $K$ and those lines approaches zero as they tend to infinity.


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