Hyperbola Tangent Triangles Small 313×320 Medium 626×640 Large 1001×1024 Download Tiff Original 2346×2400 | (250.1 KB) Description All triangles formed by a tangent and the asymptotes of an hyperbola are equal in area. Keywords area, asymptote, conic section, conic sections, hyperbola, tangent, triangle Galleries Conic Sections: Hyperbolas Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910) 11:701