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lesCor
puz

Gr
ade11.
Cal
cit
e

PRE-
CALCULUS
Week1

'
Il
lust
rat
ethedif
fer
entt
ypesofConi
cSect
ions:Par
abol
a,El
li
pse,
Cir
cle,
Hyper
bol
aand
Degener
ateCases'

Exer
cise1:

1.Hy
per
bol
a 6.Par
abol
a

2.El
l
ipse 7.Ci
rcl
e

3.Hy
per
bol
a 8.Par
abol
a

4.El
l
ipse 9.Ci
rcl
e

5.Hy
per
bol 10.Ci
rcl
e

Exer
cise2:

1.Acir
cleisf
ormedwhent heplanei
sparallelt
othebaseofthecone.It
sintersecti
onwith
theconeisther
eforeasetofpoint
sequi
distantfr
om acommonpoi nt(t
hecent r
al axi
softhe
cone),
whichmeet sthedef
ini
ti
onofacir
cle.Allci
rcl
eshavecer
tai
nf eat
ures:Acent erpoi
nt.

2.
Apar abolai
saconti
nuouscur vethatl
ooksl
i
keanopenbowl wherethesi
deskeepgoi
ng
upinfi
nit
ely.Onemathematicaldef
ini
ti
onofaparabol
aisthesetofpoint
sthatar
eallt
hesame
di
stancefrom afi
xedpointcall
edthefocusandali
necall
edthedirect
ri
x.

3.All
ell
i
pseshav etwofocalpoints,
orfoci.Thesum oft
hedi st
ancesfr
om ever
ypointont
he
el
l
ipsetothetwofociisaconstant.Allel
l
ipseshaveacenterandamaj orandminoraxi
s.Al
l
el
l
ipseshaveeccentr
ici
tyval
uesgr eat
erthanorequaltozero,andlesst
hanone.

4.All
hy per
bol
ashaveaneccentr
ici
tyval
uegr eat
erthan1.Allhyper
bol
ashavet
wobranches,
eachwi thavert
exandafocalpoi
nt.All
hyperbolashaveasymptot
es,whi
charest
rai
ghtl
i
nes
thatform anXthatt
hehyperbol
aapproachesbutnev ert
ouches.
Exer
cise3:

Coni
cSect
ions

El
l
ipse Ci
rcl
e

1.Mi
rr
ors 1.Bal
l

2.Wat
ermel
on 2.Coi
ns

3.Foot
bal
l 3.Tabl
e

4.Pl
ate 4.Mug

5.Papercup 5.Ey
egl
asses

Par
abol
a Hy
per
bol
a

1.Banana 1.Gui
tar

2.Ar
ch 2.Hour
glass

3.Rai
nbow 3.Fl
ashl
i
ght

4.Rol
l
erCoast
ers 4.Dul
l
esAi
rpor
t

5.Br
idges 5.KobePor
tTower

Ref
lect
ion

IlearnedConi cSect i
onsf r
om t hi
st opic.Conicsect i
onsareapar ti
cul
art y
peofshapef ormedby
theintersecti
onofapl aneandar ightcircularcone.Dependingont heanglebet weentheplane
andt hecone, fourdiffer
entintersect i
onshapescanbef or
med.Thet ypesofconi csecti
onsare
circl
es,ell
ipses,hyperbolas,andpar abolas.AlsoIlearnedaboutIngeomet ry,adegenerate
conicisaconi ct hatfail
stobeani rreduciblecurve.Thismeanst hatthedefiningequati
onis
factorableoverthecompl exnumber sast hepr oductoftwolinearpolynomials.
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DEFI
NE,
DETERMI
NEANDGRAPHTHESTANDARDFORM OFEQUATI
ONOFACI
RCLE'
Ref
lect
ion

Il
ear
nedfr
om t
het opi
cisthegr
aphofacircleiscomplet
elydeter
minedbyitscent
erandradius.
St
andar
dformfortheequati
onofaci
rclei
s( x−h)
2+(y−k)
2=r2.Thecenteri
s(h,
k)andtheradi
us
measur
esruni
ts.Tographacir
clemarkpointsruni
tsup,down, l
eft
,andri
ghtfr
om thecent
er