Given
All degenerate conic sections have equations of the form .
where A,B,C,D,E and F are constants.
If is less than zero, if a conic exists and A = C, it will be a circle
If is less than zero, if a conic exists , it will be ellipse.
If equals zero, if a conic exists, it will be a parabola.
If is greater than zero, if a conic exists, it will be a hyperbola.
Here in equation ,
and
Hence it is an ellipse