ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY Pre-

Calculus
For a visual explanation on how conic sections are formed, watch this you tube
video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO2zAU3Eppo&t=27s

For an advance study on the conic sections, Khan Academy, a education resource
provider has an insightful video on each of the conic sections. Visit the link posted
below to watch this video.

https://youtube/0A7RR0oy2ho

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 GENERALIZATIONS EXERCISES
The conic sections (conics) is a particular class of curves which are often times
Name my Conic + ! Identify the conic application found in nature and identify
appear in nature and which have applications in other fields. Wheels of cars,
another application for these conic sections.
shape of pizza and plates for eating are some circles in everyday life. When you
throw a ball, the trajectory it takes is a parabola. The orbit taken by each planet
around the sun is an ellipse. Properties of hyperbolas have been used in the
design of certain telescopes and navigation systems.
CONICS are formed when two connected cones intersects with a plane.
Let us now discover how these conic sections are formed.
Construct the figure on the lower right below by creating two figures similar to the
left below. Tape the sides together to form two cones each. Connect the tips of
the two cones (called apex) together either by glue or tape. Imagine that the ruler 1. 2.
or straight edge is the plane that will be intersecting the cones. Position your ruler Conic: ____________________ Conic: ____________________
Another Application: Another Application:
or straight edge similar to the position of the line on Figures 1 to 7. _________________________ _________________________

3. 4.
Conic: ____________________ Conic: ____________________
Another Application: Another Application:
_________________________ _________________________

ANSWERS 1. PARABOLA 2. ELLIPSE 3. HYPERBOLA 4. CIRCLE

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Since conics are formed when a plane intersects with a cone, the position made
by the plane with respect to the cone dictates the type of conic created. Follow each of the seven(7) figures shown on the lower left corner by using
 Ellipse. When the plane is tilted and it intersects only one cone to form a your cones structure and ruler or straight edge. Visualize the shape cut out
bounded curve as will be made following Figure 1. by the plane when it intersects the cone. Draw the figure on the
 Circle. A special kind of ellipse as is created when following Figure 2 when the corresponding box.
plane intersecting one cone is horizontal.
 Parabola. When following Figure 3, this is an unbounded curve created when
the plane intersects only one cone.
 Hyperbola. When the plane intersects both cones (not necessarily vertical)
that it forms two unbounded curves (each of these unbounded curves is called
a branch of the hyperbola) as will be created when following Figure 4.

Figure 1 Figure 2

Ellipse Circle Parabola Hyperbola

Notice the four conics. Compare them to what was formed when the plane and
the cone intersected in the case of Figures 5-7.
Give an observation.
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When the plane intersects with the cone and the resulting conic fails to form a
curve, these conics are called degenerate conics.
 Point. When the plane intersects the cone at the exact point where the tips of
the two cones connect as in Figure 5.
 Line. When the plane is tilted and passes the surface of upper cone straight to
the surface of the lower cone as shown in Figure 6.
 Two Lines. Figure 7 happens when the plane intersects the two cones passing
through their entire length as if slicing the connected cones into two.

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