what do you mean by conjugate diameter in hyperbola ...explain with diagram.................

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Two diameters of a conic section are said to be conjugate if each chord parallel to one diameter is bisected by the other diameter. For example, two diameters of a circle are conjugate if and only if they are perpendicular.Hence  diameters of a hyperbola are conjugate when each bisects all chords parallel to the other.In this case both the hyperbola and its conjugate are sources for the chords and diameters.In the figure below For any φ, the indicated hyperbolas are conjugate.


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