Given a hyperbola, determine whether any of its points lie within $\{x\in [0,1]\mid 0\leq y\leq 1\}$

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Given $$ y=\frac{c_1 +c_2x}{c_3+c_4x} $$

Is there any test using the values of $c$ to see if between $x\in[0,1]$ there is at least one point where $y\in[0,1]$ other than just evaluating the function on the interval?

Examples could include using the distance between the hyperbola points or shifting the hyperbola.

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Yes. You can easily manipulate the above formula to get an expression of the form $$y=A+\frac{B}{x+C}$$ What does this expression tells you? You can compare with $y=1/x$ hyperbola. The $C$ value just changes the vertical asymptote. The $A$ value just changes the horizontal asymptote. $B$ is a stretching factor in the vertical direction. Note that if $B<0$, you flip the hyperbola upside-down.

What you need to do is to calculate $y$ when $x=0$ and $x=1$, and calculate $x$ when $y=0$ or $y=1$. If none of these four points verify your requirements, there are no other options.