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Which type of conic section has an eccentricity greater than one? a. an ellipse c. a hyperbola b. a parabola d. a circle

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circle has eccentricity 0
ellipse between 0 and 1
parabola has 1
hyperbolae have eccentricity greater than 1

so, a hyperbola

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Here are the figures you get with different values of eccentricity e.
e = 0: circle
0 < e < 1: ellipse
e = 1: parabola
e > 1: hyperbola

The conic section that has an eccentricity greater than 1 is ...
c. hyperbola
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