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Conics
Standard form equations
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Mathematics
9th Grade
05/07/2008

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Term

Parabola

Definition
  • Vertical: x2=4py
  • Focus:(0,p)
  • Directrix: y=-p
  • Axis ofsymmetry: (x=0)

Horizontal: y2=4px

  • Focus: (p,0)
  • Directrix: x=-p
  • Axis of symmetry: (y=0)
Term

Circle

Definition
x2+y2=r2
Term

Ellipse

Definition

Horizontal: x2/a2+y2/b2=1

  • vertices: (±a,0)
  • Co-vertices: (0,±b)

Vertical:x2/b2+y2/a2=1

  • Vertices: (0,±a)
  • Co-vertices: (±b,0)

Foci: c2=a2-b2

  • c=center

 

      

Term
Hyperbola
Definition

Horizontal: x2/a2-y2/b2=1

  • Asymptotes: y=±b/ax
  • Vertices: (±a,0)

Vertical: y2/a2-x2/b2=1

  • Asymptotes: y=±a/bx
  • Vertices: (0,±a)

Foci: c2=a2+b2

c=center

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