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A plane cuts both nappes of a double cone, missing the vertex. The section is a
Acircle
Bhyperbola
Cellipse
Dparabola
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. hyperbola
A plane steeper than the cone's generators cuts both nappes in two branches.
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