Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 10 - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 689: 10

Answer

TRUE

Work Step by Step

A hyperbola never intersects its directrix because the directrix has the x-intercept which lies outside the hyperbola and has a magnitude slope larger than that of asymptotes. The curve always bends toward the focus and away from the directrix. Hence, the given statement is true.
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