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What is the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola?

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Dec 17, 2015

$\frac{{(x - h)}^{2}}{a^{2}} - \frac{{(y - k)}^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1$ $(x-h)^2/a^2-(y-k)^2/b^2=1$

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