I need examples of hyperbola in everyday life.
2006-09-02 16:51:55 · 5 answers · asked by Stacey S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
* It can also be defined as the locus of points for which the ratio of the distances to one focus and to a line (called the directrix) is a constant larger than 1. This constant is the eccentricity of the hyperbola. These foci lie on the transverse axis and their midpoint is called the center.
A hyperbola comprises two disconnected curves called its arms which separate the foci. At large distances from the foci the hyperbola begins to approximate two lines, known as asymptotes.
A hyperbola has the property that a ray originating at one of the foci is reflected in such a way as to appear to have originated at the other focus.
An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple hyperbolas of the second order, having one of its infinite legs falling within an angle formed by the asymptotes, and the other without.
2006-09-02 18:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Types Of Hyperbola
2016-12-18 07:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-02 17:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at the cross sections of most water cooling towers used on nuclear reactors.
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2006-09-02 16:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jobs? an architect: for arches, bridges and hyperbolic curves.
2006-09-02 19:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by RJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋