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Central Rectangle of a Hyperbola
The central rectangle is a geometric guide used to determine the exact asymptotes of a hyperbola. For a hyperbola centered at with a horizontal transverse axis, the sides of the rectangle intersect the axes at the vertices and at . If the transverse axis is vertical, the sides intersect at the vertices and at . The extended diagonals of this central rectangle form the hyperbola's asymptotes.
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