Eccentricity of rectangular hyperbola is

  • A

    $\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}$

  • B

    $\frac{{ - 1}}{{\sqrt 2 }}$

  • C

    $\sqrt 2 $

  • D

    $> 2$

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