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Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This animated tutorial gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
California State University
Cal State, San Bernadino: Hyperbolas
An excellent site describing the equations for hyperbolas, including graphs of hyperbolic functions and multiple exercises for practice.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Graphing Conic Sections: Hyperbolas
Given an equation, the student will use parameter changes to graph a hyperbola and to identify the changes in the graph of a hyperbola.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Conic Sections
Hotmath provides 26 practice problems relating to conic sections. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their conic.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Hyperbolas
Twenty-four problems present a variety of practice working with hyperbolas. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Conics: Hyperbolas
A three-part tutorial that discusses the basic terms, definitions, and formulas related to hyperbolas.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Francois Viete
The University of St. Andrews offers this iography of Francois Viete. Many links are provided for more information.
Curated OER
Zona Land
Site explains asymptotes well using reciprocal function as example. Points out weaknesses that technology has when graphs are close to asymptotes.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Hyperbola
This site is a series of four comprehensive lessons on the hyperbola. The lesson contains examples and exercises. The site is easy to follow and contains an end of the lessons assessment activity and a quiz.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Hyperbolas
A four-lesson tutorial on hyperbolas, the standard form for hyperbolic functions, and how to graph them. Includes a lesson quiz.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: First Principle Hyperbolas
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, shows how to solve for the standard equation of a hyperbola.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Rectangular Hyperbola
With this math site you will find the distinguishing characteristics of a rectangular hyperbola and other frequently used terms when referring to this special hyperbola. This site also gives formulas, pictures, and links.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Attribute of Triangles With Vertices on Equilateral Hyperbola
This activity illustrates the multiple representations of the attributes of triangles with their vertices on an equilateral hyperbola analytical, graphical and dynamic; addressing various conceptual levels of the students Using CAS.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conic Sections
These questions ask students to write the equations of conic sections given a variety of information. Students are also asked to find the foci of an ellipse and the asymptotes of a hyperbola. Solutions and explanations are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conic Equations
This Learn Check file is a review of writing conic sections given the graph of a conic section. Students are asked to use the graphs to write the equations for a ellipse, circle, parabola, and hyperbola.
University of Michigan
Virtual Conics
You may have to download first, but the two VRML icons near the bottom of the page allow you to observe the plane intersecting the cone to form the conic. Controls are present to change the angle of the plane and your view of the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conics and Reflection
Students investigate the reflective properties of the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola. They will look at applications that relate to both the collection of incoming signals and signals that are emitted from a source and...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas
In Spanish. Learn more about the ellipse, hyperbola and the parabola with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas
In Spanish. Learn how to distinguish and draw each of the conic sections with these activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas
In Spanish. Learn about each of the conic sections with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Construccion Geometrica De Las Curvas Conicas
Learn to construct conic curves with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas
Learn about the different conic sessions and try the different interactive exercises.
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Sierra College: Conics
Provides the locus of points, dominant axis and equation, discriminant, center, vertex, focus, directrix, and asymptotes for the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas: Esferas De Dandelin
Conics are planar curves obtained by intersecting a cone with a plane. In this unit you will be able to visually interactively the different conic sections.