👉 A hyperbola is a conic section that opens either horizontally or vertically. It has two branches, one for each case, and it can be described mathematically as y²/a² = x²/b². This equation represents a circle that is shifted horizontally by the factor a and vertically by the factor b. The hyperbola is the locus of points where the difference in their distances from a fixed point (the center) and from an axis is constant, regardless of the direction
