Conic Sections

Scavenger Hunt

3. What is the general equation for the eccentricity of an ellipse?

1. What is the equation of an ellipse?

2. What is the equation of a circle?

4. Write the equation of a circle with center at (0, 0) and radius 3 units

5. Write the general equation of an ellipse.

10. What is the basic principle of the functioning of parabolic reflectors?

PROJECT:

Write a note on some of the 'real- world'applications of parabola

6. Write the equation of the parabola

7. Determine the center, vertices, foci, and eccentricity of the ellipse given by the eqation

8. Write the definition of a parabola.

9. Write the definition of the diretrix.