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Pre Cal

This document discusses different conic sections including circles and parabolas. It defines key terms related to circles such as radius, diameter, and center. For parabolas, it defines the vertex as the highest or lowest point, the focus as a point units above or below the vertex, and the directrix as a line units above or below the vertex such that all points on the parabola are equidistant from the focus and directrix. The axis of symmetry bisects the parabola into two mirror images, and the latus rectum is the line segment perpendicular to the major axis through the focus with endpoints on the curve.

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Pre Cal

This document discusses different conic sections including circles and parabolas. It defines key terms related to circles such as radius, diameter, and center. For parabolas, it defines the vertex as the highest or lowest point, the focus as a point units above or below the vertex, and the directrix as a line units above or below the vertex such that all points on the parabola are equidistant from the focus and directrix. The axis of symmetry bisects the parabola into two mirror images, and the latus rectum is the line segment perpendicular to the major axis through the focus with endpoints on the curve.

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PRE-CALCULUS the parabola.

The line that passes through the


vertex and focus is called the axis of symmetry.
CIRCLE
Vertex- If the parabola opens upward, the
Conic Sections vertex is the lowest point. If the parabola opens
A conic section is the intersection of a plane and downward, the vertex is the highest point.
a cone. Observe the shape of the slice that Directrix-The directrix is units below or above
results. The angle at which the cone is sliced the vertex.
procedures four different types of conic
sections. Focus- The focus is units below or above the
vertex. Any point on the parabola has the same
A Circle is the locus of a point that moves in a distance from the focus as it has from the
plane so that its distance from a fixed point directrix.
remains constant, circle may also be considered
a special kind of ellipse. Axis of symmetry -This line divides the parabola
into two parts which are mirror images of each
Radius is the constant distance (segment other.
connecting the center and any point on the
circle). Latus Rectum- The line segment through a focus
of a conic section, perpendicular to the major
Center is the fixed point (not on curve of a axis, which has both endpoints on the curve.
circle) equidistant from any point on the circle. The length of a parabola's latus rectum is 4c,
Diameter is the longest chord of a circle, that is where c is the distance from the focus to the
one connecting any two points of a circle and vertex.
passing through the center

Center at (0,0)

x2 + y2 = r2

Center at (h,k)

(x-h)2 + (y-k)2 = r2

PARABOLA

Parabola- is the set of points in a plane that are


the same distance from a given point and a
given line in that plane. The given point is called
the focus, and the line is called the directrix. The
midpoint of the perpendicular segment from
the focus to the directrix is called the vertex of

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