Conic Sections State the definitions of parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola in your own words.
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HOW DO YOU SEE IT? Describe in words bow a plane could intersect with the double-napped cone to form each conic section (see figure).
(a) Circle
(b) Ellipse
(c) Parabola
(d) Hyperbola
Proof Prove that the graph of the equation
is one of the following (except in degenerate cases).
Conic Condition
(b) Parabola
(c) Ellipse