Question

1. choose the best answer.

a(n) __ of a hyperbola is one of two lines through the center of a hyperbola that the hyperbola approaches but never intersects.
transverse
conjugate
asymptote
focus

Explanation:

• The transverse axis is a line segment related to the hyperbola's structure but not the lines described.
• The conjugate axis is also part of the hyperbola's geometric description but not the lines in question.
• A focus is a point (not a line) related to the hyperbola's definition.
• An asymptote of a hyperbola is precisely one of two lines through the center that the hyperbola approaches but never intersects.

Answer:

C. asymptote