Conic Section

Ashish Shrestha
 It is the Intersection of a Plane and a
Cone. By changing the angle and
location of intersection, we can produce
a circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola.
Introduction

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Different Conic Sections
• Circle
• Ellipse
• Parabola
• Hyperbola

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Terminologies in Conic
Section
•Generator
•Axis
•Focus
•Directrix
•Eccentricity
•Vertex  
•Vertex angle
•Latus rectum
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 It’s a straight line which runs from
Axis the apex of the cone to the center of
the base.

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 Cones joined at a fixed point is called
Vertex vertex

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 It’s a straight line that rotates about
Generator the vertex

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Vertex It’s the angle between the generator and
Angle the axis

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Directrix It’s the perimeter of the base

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 How much a conic section varies
Eccentricity from being circular? denoted by e.

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Focus The fixed point is the focus.

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 Latus It’s the double ordinate which passes
rectum through the focus.

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Conic Section Based on Eccentricity

e=0 0< e < 1 e=1 e>1

e=∞
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Ellipse
When the plane intersects the double right
circular cone in such a way that the angle
between the plane and the axis is greater
than the vertex angle we get a closed
curve called an ellipse.

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Thank you

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