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Conic Sections Flashcards

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Conic Section

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The conic sections are the classes of nondegenerate curves generated by the intersections of a plane with one or two nappes of a cone. A conic section can also be realized as the zero set of a quadratic equation in two variables.

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Ellipse

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A conic section with eccentricity less than one. It resembles a squashed circle.

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Hyperbola

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A hyperbola is a conic section with eccentricity greater than one and consists of two separate branches.

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Locus

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A locus is the set of all points (usually forming a curve or surface) satisfying some condition. For example, the locus of points in a plane that are equidistant from a given point is a circle.

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Parabola

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A parabola is a conic section with eccentricity equal to one. Parabolas appear as the graphs of quadratic equations and the trajectories of projectiles.

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Mathematics: Precalculus (6 decks)

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