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  1. This topic covers the four conic sections and their equations: Circle, Ellipse, Parabola, and Hyperbola. ... Algebra (all content) 20 units · 412 skills. Unit 1 ...

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  3. 3 days ago · If the plane is perpendicular to the axis of revolution, the conic section is a circle. If the plane intersects one nappe at an angle to the axis (other than 90°), then the conic section is an ellipse. Figure 11.5.2: The four conic sections. Each conic is determined by the angle the plane makes with the axis of the cone.

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    The focus or foci(plural) of a conic section is/are the point(s) about which the conic section is created. They are specially defined for each type of conic section. A parabola has one focus, while ellipses and hyperbolas have two foci. For an ellipse, the sum of the distance of the point on the ellipse from the two foci is constant. Circle, which ...

    Directrix is a line used to define the conic sections. The directrix is a line drawn perpendicular to the axis of the referred conic. Every point on the conic is defined by the ratio of its distance from the directrix and the foci. The directrix is parallel to the conjugate axis and the latus rectum of the conic. A circle has no directrix. The para...

    The eccentricity of a conic section is the constant ratio of the distance of the point on the conic section from the focus and directrix. Eccentricity is used to uniquely define the shape of a conic section. It is a non-negative real number. Eccentricity is denoted by "e". If two conic sections have the same eccentricity, they will be similar. As e...

  4. 1. The area of an ellipse is easy; if the major and minor radii are a and b, the area is just πab. Notice that in the special case of a circle, where a=b=r, this just becomes πr^2, as you would expect. The circumference of an ellipse, interestingly, is much harder to calculate. There is not a simple formula for it, and the only way to ...

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    We can say that any conic section is: "all points whose distance to the focus is equal. to the eccentricity times the distance to the directrix ". For: 0 < eccentricity < 1 we get an ellipse, eccentricity = 1 a parabola, and. eccentricity > 1 a hyperbola. A circle has an eccentricity of zero, so the eccentricity shows us how "un-circular" the ...

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  7. 6288. 8.1: Distance, Midpoint, and the Parabola. A conic section is a curve obtained from the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, circle, ellipse, and hyperbola. 8.2: Circles. A circle is the set of points in a plane that lie a fixed distance, called the radius, from any point, called the center.

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