Pringles Potato Chip = Hyperbolic Paraboloid 🤓😋

Pringles potato chips are designed in the most optimal (allegedly lol) shape for taste: a hyperbolic paraboloid.

The vertical traces of the Pringles chip are parabolas while the horizontal traces are hyperbolas. I'm hungry meow.

Source: https://t.me/meslinks/24033
Graphing a hyperbolic paraboloid in 3D: https://youtu.be/rDazyk-5fi8
Generating a hyperbolic paraboloid by straight lines: https://youtu.be/-nxmXc1GD-U

Pringles Potato Chip = Hyperbolic Paraboloid 🤓😋
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