1. The document defines key parameters for different types of conic sections including circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas.
2. It provides the standard formulas that describe each conic section in terms of its center point, radii or axis lengths, foci, and other defining features.
3. The parameters described include the radius of a circle, the major and minor axes of ellipses, the vertices and foci of hyperbolas, and the vertex, focus, and directrix of parabolas.
1. The document defines key parameters for different types of conic sections including circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas.
2. It provides the standard formulas that describe each conic section in terms of its center point, radii or axis lengths, foci, and other defining features.
3. The parameters described include the radius of a circle, the major and minor axes of ellipses, the vertices and foci of hyperbolas, and the vertex, focus, and directrix of parabolas.
1. The document defines key parameters for different types of conic sections including circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas.
2. It provides the standard formulas that describe each conic section in terms of its center point, radii or axis lengths, foci, and other defining features.
3. The parameters described include the radius of a circle, the major and minor axes of ellipses, the vertices and foci of hyperbolas, and the vertex, focus, and directrix of parabolas.
1. The document defines key parameters for different types of conic sections including circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas.
2. It provides the standard formulas that describe each conic section in terms of its center point, radii or axis lengths, foci, and other defining features.
3. The parameters described include the radius of a circle, the major and minor axes of ellipses, the vertices and foci of hyperbolas, and the vertex, focus, and directrix of parabolas.
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Conic Section Formulas
Center is (a,b) Circle- (x−a)2+(y−b)2=r2 Radius is r Parameters of Conic Ellipse with the 2 2 2 2 (x−a) /h +(y−b) /k =1 Center is (a, b) -Apart from focus, eccentricity and directrix, horizontal major axis Length of the major axis is 2h. Length of the minor axis is 2k. there are few more parameters defined Distance between the centre and either under conic sections. focus is c with c2=h2−k2, h>k>0 Ellipse with the (x−a)2/k2+(y−b)2/h2=1 Center is (a, b) Principal Axis: Line joining the two focal points vertical major axis Length of the major axis is 2h. or foci of ellipse or hyperbola. Its midpoint is the Length of the minor axis is 2k. Distance between the centre and either centre of the curve. focus is c with c2=h2−k2, h>k>0 Linear Eccentricity: Distance between the focus Hyperbola with the (x−a)2/h2−(y−b)2/k2=1 Center is (a,b) and centre of a section. horizontal transverse Distance between the vertices is 2h axis Distance between the foci is 2k. c2=h2 + k2 Latus Rectum: A chord of section Hyperbola with the (x−a)2/k2−(y−b)2/h2=1 Center is (a,b) parallel to directrix, which passes vertical transverse Distance between the vertices is 2h through a focus. axis Distance between the foci is 2k. c2= h2 + k2 Focal Parameter: Distance from focus Parabola with the (y−b)2=4p(x−a), p≠0 Vertex is (a,b) to the corresponding directrix. horizontal axis Focus is (a+p,b) Directrix is the line x=a−p Major axis: Chord joining the two Axis is the line y=b vertices. It is the longest chord of an Parabola with vertical (x−a)2=4p(y−b), p≠0 Vertex is (a,b) ellipse. axis Focus is (a+p,b) Directrix is the line Minor axis: Shortest chord of an x=b−p ellipse. Axis is the line x=a
The initials as mentioned in the above figure A carry the following meanings:
1. V is the vertex of the cone
2. l is the axis of the cone 3. m, the rotating line the is a generator of the cone
Conic Section Hyperbola
Conic Section Circle Conic Section Ellipse Conic Section Parabola If 0≤β<α, then the plane If β=90o, the conic section If α=β, the conic section formed is intersects both nappes and the If α<β<90o, the conic section so formed is a circle as shown a parabola (represented by the conic section so formed is formed is an ellipse as shown in below. orange curve) as shown below. known as a hyperbola the figure below. (represented by the orange curves).
