PRE-CALCULUS

Conic sections, also known as

cone sections, are curves
formed when a plane and a cone
intersects. Parabola, hyperbola,
and ellipse (the circle is a
specific type of ellipse) are the
three main sections that make
up a cone or conic section. To
create the conic sections, a
cone with two nappes that are
the same is used.

Conic section knowledge may be dated back to Ancient Greece. Menaechmus is

credited with discovering conic sections between 360 and 350 B.C., and it is said
that he employed them in his two answers to the issue of "doubling the cube."

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TYPE OF DEGENERATED

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CONIC SECTIONS
POINT – the degenerated form of circle or ellipse
bola

LINE – the degenerated form of parabola.

TWO INTERSECCTING LINES - the

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degenerate form of a hyperbola.

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EQUATION OF CIRCLE CIR

Exam

ELLIPSE
An ellipse is an important
conic section created by
intersecting a cone with a
plane that does not pass
through a cone's vertex.
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As a conic section, the circle is the intersection
of a plane perpendicular to the cone's axis.
The distance from the center to any
The ellipse is defined by two point on the circle is constant and is
points, each called a focus. 𝑎>𝑏 called the radius of the circle.
From any point on the ellipse,
the sum of the distances to
𝑐=√𝑎2-𝑏2 Real-life
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the focus points is constant. 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are related

P AR ABOL A
S A

A parabola is the set of all points in the plane equidistant

T E L LI T

from a fixed point F and a fixed line l not containing F.

Parts of a Parabola E
vertex latus rectum focus DIS H
axis of symmetry directrix

A hyperbola is an open curve with two branches formed by

the intersection of a plane and both parts of a double HYPERBOLA
cone. The plane does not have to be parallel to the axis of
the cone; the hyperbola will be symmetrical regardless. HYPERBOLA
GUITAR
(REAL LIFE EXAMPLE)

Hyperbola can be defined as the difference of distances

between a set of points, which are present in a plane to
two fixed points, is a positive constant.

REFERENCES: https://unacademy.com/content/jee/study-material/mathematics/a-brief-analysis-of-circles-conic-sections/
https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~cherlin/History/Papers1999/schmarge.html#:~:text=The%20knowledge%20of%20conic%20sections,of%20%22doubling%20the%20cube%22.
https://www.snow.edu/academics/science_math/math/resources/Cindy_Alder/pdf_lecture_notes/chapter11/11.2%20Circles%20and%20Ellipses%20Conic%20Sections.pdf
https://www.brightstorm.com/math/precalculus/conic-sections/the-ellipse/#:~:text=An%20ellipse%20is%20an%20important,the%20focus%20points%20is%20constant.
https://byjus.com/question-answer/what-is-a-real-life-example-of-a-parabola/
https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Algebra/Algebra_and_Trigonometry_1e_(OpenStax)/12%3A_Analytic_Geometry/12.02%3A_The_Hyperbola#:~:text=In%20analytic%20g
eometry%2C%20a%20hyperbola,of%20each%20other%20
https://www.cuemath.com/learn/mathematics/conics-in-real-life/

Daphne Ezra F. Olegario

11 - Lovelace