Discriminants for ellipse, parabola or hyperbola

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Homework Statement



Use the discriminant to determine if the following are equations of an ellipse, parabola or hyperbola

[tex]6x^2-12xy+6y^2-5x+9=0[/tex]
[tex]5xy-4y^2+8x-3y+20=0[/tex]
[tex]x^2-9xy+5y^2-2=0[/tex]
[tex]10x^2-9xy+5y^2-2=0[/tex]
[tex]2y^2-10x+9y-8=0[/tex]

Homework Equations



The Attempt at a Solution



I got these answers:

[tex]0, parabola[/tex]
[tex]25, hyperbola[/tex]
[tex]44, hyperbola[/tex]
[tex]-119, ellipse[/tex]
[tex]0, parabola[/tex]

could someone check me on these? Thanks!
 
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Shouldn't the third one be 81-4*1*5=61,hyperbola? Was that so hard you really needed a check?