In a portrait Allie was painting of a friend, she incorporated a lamp with a shade. To show that the lamp was turned on, Allie painted a reflection of the light on the wall behind the lamp. The reflection of the light on the wall was in the shape of a conic section formed when a plane intersects both nappes of a double-napped cone parallel to the symmetry axis.

What conic section was represented on the wall?



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