Circle Parabola Ellipse Hyperbola

Standard Equation
x
2
+ y
2
= a
2
y
2
= 4ax 1
2
2
2
2
= +
b
y
a
x
1
2
2
2
2
=
b
y
a
x

Parametric Equation x = a cos , y = a sin x = at
2
, y = 2at x = a cos , y = b sin x = asec , y = btan
Equation of tangent at P(x
1
, y
1
) x x
1
+ y y
1
= a
2
) ( 2
1 1
x x a y y + = 1
2
1
2
1
= +
b
yy
a
xx
1
2
1
2
1
=
b
yy
a
xx

Equation of tangent at P ( ) x cos + y sin = a yt = x + at
2
1
sin cos
= +
b
y
a
x
1
tan sec
=
b
y
a
x

Equation of tangent in terms of
slope &
Point of contact
2
1 m a mx y + =

c
a
c
m a
2 2
,

m
a
mx y + =

m
a
m
a 2
,
2

2 2 2
b m a mx y + =

c
b
c
m a
2 2
,

2 2 2
b m a mx y =

c
b
c
m a
2 2
,

Equation of Director Circle x
2
+ y
2
= 2a
2
. -- x
2
+ y
2
= a
2
+ b
2
x
2
+ y
2
= a
2
b
2


Parabola Ellipse Hyperbola
Standard Equation
y
2
= 4ax 1
2
2
2
2
= +
b
y
a
x

1
2
2
2
2
=
b
y
a
x

Eccentricity e =1 e <1 e >1
Relation between a
2
& b
2
-- b
2
= a
2
( 1 e
2
) b
2
= a
2
( e
2
-1)
Centre -- ( 0, 0 ) ( 0, 0 )
Vertices ( 0, 0 ) ( a, 0 ) ( -a, 0 ) ( 0, b ) ( 0, -b ) ( a, 0 ) ( -a, 0 ) ( 0, b ) ( 0, -b )
Foci ( a, 0 ) S( ae , 0 ) S (-ae, 0) S( ae , 0 ) S (-ae, 0)
Equation of directrix x + a = 0 d
e
a
x = , d
e
a
x = d
e
a
x = , d
e
a
x =
Axis X- axis
Major Axis ( along x-axis ) = 2a
Minor Axis ( along y-axis ) = 2b
Transverse Axis ( along x-axis ) = 2a
Conjugate Axis ( along y-axis ) = 2b
Length of latus rectum &
end points of latus rectum
4a
(a, 2a) , (a, -2a)
a
b
2
2
; L ) , (
2
a
b
ae L ) , (
2
a
b
ae
a
b
2
2
; L ) , (
2
a
b
ae L ) , (
2
a
b
ae
Distance between foci -- 2ae 2ae

Distance between
directrices
--
e
a 2

e
a 2