Provide an appropriate response.Explain in your own words how you can tell from the equation whether the branches of a hyperbola open up and down or left and right.

What will be an ideal response?


The branches open left and right if x2 has a positive coefficient and y2 has a negative coefficient. They open up and down if y2 has a positive coefficient and x2 has a negative coefficient.

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Identify the equation as either an identity or not. = 

A. Identity B. Not an identity

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Convert.7.8 meters = ___ centimeters

A. 780 B. 0.078 C. 0.0078 D. 7800

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Factor the special product.x2 + 2x + 1

A. (x - 1)2 B. (x + 2)2 C. (x + 1)(x - 1) D. (x + 1)2

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