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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §3.5 Parabolas, Ellipses, and Hyperbolas, #38 · Geometry · Conic sections

If a cannon was heard by Napoleon and one second later by…

This problem is about parabolas, are about ellipses, are about hyperbolas.

If a cannon was heard by Napoleon and one second later by the Duke of Wellington, the cannon was somewhere on a \_\_\_\_\_\_ with foci at \_\_\_\_\_\_.

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §3.5 Parabolas, Ellipses, and Hyperbolas, #38

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