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A degenerate hyperbola reduces to
Atwo parallel lines
Btwo intersecting lines
Ca closed ellipse
Done isolated point
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. two intersecting lines
When the larger determinant vanishes, the hyperbola splits into two crossing lines.
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