Which type of conic section has an eccentricity greater than one? a. an ellipse c. a hyperbola b. a parabola d. a circle

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Ariana Holloway

11 January, 08:30

Which type of conic section has an eccentricity greater than one? a. an ellipse c. a hyperbola b. a parabola d. a circle

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Jan Hicks · Answer 1

circle has eccentricity 0

ellipse between 0 and 1

parabola has 1

hyperbolae have eccentricity greater than 1

so, a hyperbola

Sheldon Le · Answer 2

Here are the figures you get with different values of eccentricity e.

e = 0: circle

0 < e < 1: ellipse

e = 1: parabola

e > 1: hyperbola

The conic section that has an eccentricity greater than 1 is ...

c. hyperbola