Keywords: Finding center of hyperbola.gif en How to geometrically find the center of a hyperbola <br> 1 Take two points A and B on the same piece of the hyperbola<br> 2 Take another point A' on the hyperbola<br> 3 Draw a line through A' parallel to AB<br> 4 Let the other intersection of the new line and the hyperbola be B'<br> 5 Let M be the midpoint of AB and M' the midpoint of A'B'<br> 6 Let I and I' be the intersections of the hyperbola with MM'<br> 7 The center O is the midpoint of II'<br> own Alkados 2010-05-16 requires points A and B to lie on the same piece because otherwise MM' would not intersect the hyperbola for step 6 Hyperbolas Animations of curves |