pre cal

Question 1

path of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point is in a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed line.

Answer 1

Conic/Conic Section

Question 2

The fixed point

Answer 2

focus

Question 3

fixed line

Answer 3

directrix

Question 4

constant ratio

Answer 4

eccentricity

Question 5

when the tilted plane intersects one cone to form a bounded curve

Answer 5

ellipse

Question 6

eccentricity is less than 1 or 0<e<1

Answer 6

ellipse

Question 7

the plane intersects one cone to form an unbounded curve

Answer 7

Parabola

Question 8

eccentricity is = 1

Answer 8

Parabola

Question 9

when the plane intersects two cones to form two unbounded curves

Answer 9

hyperbola

Question 10

eccentricity > 1

Answer 10

hyperbola

Question 11

In parabola what is the line that does not contain the focus

Answer 11

directrix

Question 12

the fixed point in the parabola

Answer 12

focus

Question 13

a conic where the collection of points is equidistant from the fixed point and the fixed line

Answer 13

parabola

Question 14

this line divides the parabola into two parts which are mirror images of each other

Answer 14

axis of symmetry

Question 15

plural of focus

Answer 15

foci

Question 16

points on the ellipse that is collinear with the center and the foci

Answer 16

vertices

Question 17

the segment from one vertex to another, with the length of 2a

Answer 17

major axis

Question 18

the segment through the ellipse perpendicular to the major axis

Answer 18

minor axis

Question 19

Set of all points P who’s difference in the distance from the both foci forms a ___

Answer 19

Hyperbola

Question 20

Set of all points P who’s sum of its distances from the the foci is constant forms a ____

Answer 20

Ellipse

Question 21

In hyperbola the segment from one vertex to another is called the:

Answer 21

transverse axis

Question 22

two lines passing through the center of the hyperbola that serves as a guide to graph it

Answer 22

asymptotes

Question 23

a rectangle with sides 2a and 2b with the diagonals passing through the center of the hyperbola

Answer 23

auxiliary rectangle

Question 24

the segment perpendicular to the transverse axis through the center with measure of 2b

Answer 24

conjugate axis

Question 25

is a function whose domain is the set of positive integers

Answer 25

sequence