2. CONIC SECTION
In mathematics, a conic section (or just conic)
is a curve obtained by intersecting a cone
(more precisely, a right circular conical surface)
with a plane. In analytic geometry, a conic may
be defined as a plane algebraic curve of degree
2. It can be defined as the locus of points
whose distances are in a fixed ratio to some
point, called a focus, and some line, called a
directrix.
3. CONICS
The three conic sections that are created when
a double cone is intersected with a plane.
1) Parabola
2) Circle and ellipse
3) Hyperbola
4. CIRCLES
A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean
geometry consisting of the set of points in a
plane that are a given distance from a given
point, the centre. The distance between any of
the points and the centre is called the radius.
6. PARABOLA: LOCUS OF ALL POINTS WHOSE
DISTANCE FROM A FIXED POINT IS EQUAL TO
THE DISTANCE FROM A FIXED LINE. THE FIXED
POINT IS CALLED FOCUS AND THE FIXED LINE IS
CALLED A DIRECTRIX.
P(x,y)
7. 2
EQUATION OF PARABOLA y 4 px
Axis of Parabola:
x-axis
Vertex: V(0,0)
Focus: F(p,0)
Directrix: x=-p
21. ECCENTRICITY IN CONIC SECTIONS
Conic sections are exactly those curves that, for
a point F, a line L not containing F and a non-
negative number e, are the locus of points
whose distance to F equals e times their
distance to L. F is called the focus, L the
directrix, and e the eccentricity.
22. CIRCLE AS ELLIPSE
A circle is a special ellipse in which the two foci
are coincident and the eccentricity is 0. Circles
are conic sections attained when a right
circular cone is intersected by a plane
perpendicular to the axis of the cone.