Question

How do you classify `x^2 - y^2 = 4`?

Answer 1

Given equation: `x^2-y^2=4`

`\frac{x^2}{4}-\frac{y^2}{4}=1`

`\frac{x^2}{2^2}-\frac{y^2}{2^2}=1`

Above equation represents a hyperbola: `\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1`