1. Vocabulary Foci are located on transverse axis
Branches: two disjoint arms of hyperbola
Transverse Axis: line segment that joins vertices
Vertex: point at which line through foci intersects hyperbola
Discuss each part/vocabulary term.
Note to students that there are two vertices, two foci, two branches, two asymptotes but only one transverse axis.
Note to students that when graphing an hyperbola, the orange part of the diagram is the graph of the hyperbole.
Asymptotes: intersecting lines that two branches of hyperbola approach