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Conic Section

This document discusses conic sections and their key features. Conic sections are curves formed by the intersection of a plane and a cone. The three types of conic sections are parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Each conic section has at least one focus and directrix. A focus is a point used in constructing the curve, and a directrix is a line also used in the construction. A parabola has one focus and one directrix, while ellipses and hyperbolas have two of each. A conic section can be defined as the set of points whose distance to the focus is a constant ratio to the distance from the directrix.

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Conic Section

This document discusses conic sections and their key features. Conic sections are curves formed by the intersection of a plane and a cone. The three types of conic sections are parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Each conic section has at least one focus and directrix. A focus is a point used in constructing the curve, and a directrix is a line also used in the construction. A parabola has one focus and one directrix, while ellipses and hyperbolas have two of each. A conic section can be defined as the set of points whose distance to the focus is a constant ratio to the distance from the directrix.

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CONIC SECTION

JASMIN S. VELASCO, PhD


Videos:
Guided Questions:
• What was the video all about?
• When two lines intersect with a fixed point and rotate about in a circular form,
what do we call to the surface obtain?
• What do we call to the fixed point?
• What is a generator?
• What do we call to a line that fix poll in the circular cone?
• How will you describe the directrix? Nappe?
• What do we call the angle between the generator and the axis?
• How does a conics section form?
CONIC SECTION
• A conic section (or simply conic) is a curve
obtained as the intersection of the surface of a
cone with a plane; the three types are parabolas,
ellipses, and hyperbolas.
• A conic section can be graphed on a coordinate
plane.
• Every conic section has certain features, including
at least one focus and directrix. Parabolas have
one focus and directrix, while ellipses and
hyperbolas have two of each.
• A conic section is the set of points PP whose
distance to the focus is a constant multiple of the
distance from PP to the directrix of the conic.
The different .

Conic Sections

     
Circle
The conic section
formed by the plane
being parallel to the
base of the cone.

The sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the
foci is constant.
The different
Conic Sections

Ellipses
An ellipse is the set of all
points for which the sum
of the distances from two
fixed points (the foci) is
constant. In the case of
an ellipse, there are two The sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the
foci, and two directrices. foci is constant.

The sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the
foci is constant.
The different
Conic Sections

Parabola

A parabola is the set of all


points whose distance from a
fixed point, called the focus,
is equal to the distance from a
fixed line, called the directrix.
The point halfway between the
focus and the directrix is called
the vertex of the parabola.

Four parabolas, opening in various directions: The vertex


lies at the midpoint between the directrix and the focus.
The different
Conic Sections
Hyperbolas
A hyperbola is the set of all
points where the difference
between their distances
from two fixed points (the
foci) is constant. In the case
of a hyperbola, there are
two foci and two directrices.
Hyperbolas also have two
The difference of the distances from any point on the ellipse to
asymptotes. the foci is constant. The transverse axis is also called the major
axis, and
Thethe
sum conjugate axis is also
of the distances fromcalled the minor
any point axis.
on the ellipse to the
foci is constant.
Key Terms:
• vertex: An extreme point on a conic section.
• asymptote: A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to
infinity.
• locus: The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
• focus: A point used to construct and define a conic section, at which rays reflected from
the curve converge (plural: foci).
• nappe: One half of a double cone.
• conic section: Any curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a cone of two nappes.
• directrix: A line used to construct and define a conic section; a parabola has one directrix;
ellipses and hyperbolas have two (plural: directrices).
•  generator (or element) of the cone is a line lying in the cone
Common Parts of Conic Sections
A focus is a point about which the conic section is constructed. In other words,
it is a point about which rays reflected from the curve converge. A parabola has
one focus about which the shape is constructed; an ellipse and hyperbola have
two.
A directrix is a line used to construct and define a conic section. The distance of
a directrix from a point on the conic section has a constant ratio to the distance
from that point to the focus. As with the focus, a parabola has one directrix,
while ellipses and hyperbolas have two.
A conic section is the locus of points PP whose distance to the focus is a
constant multiple of the distance from PP to the directrix of the conic. These
distances are displayed as orange lines for each conic section in the following
diagram.
The different Conic Sections
Activity 1:

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