HISTORY
CIRCLES
ELLIPSES
PARABLOAS
HYPERBOLAS
100
Began the study of curves, known as conics
Who are the Greeks
100
The formula of a circle?
What is (x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2
100
The formula of an ellipse
What is (x-h)^2/a^2 + (y-k)^2/b^2=1
100
The vertex form equation when the parabola is pointing up and down
What is y=a(x-h)^2+k
100
The equation when the hyperbola opens left and right
What is (x-h)^2/a^2 - (y-k)^2/b^2=1
200
One of Plato's pupils, is generally credited with developing the first definition of a conic section.
Who is Menaechmus
200
The formula with the Center: (-3,3) and Radius: 2
What is (x+3)^2+(y-3)^2=4
200
The horizontal and vertical distance from center to vertices.
What is A and B
200
The vertex form equation when the parabola is pointing left and right
What is x=a(y-k)^2+h
200
The equation when the hyperbola opens up and down
What is -(x-h)^2/a^2 + (y-k)^2/b^2=1
300
Revised the definition of conic sections in the 3rd century B.C. to more closely mirror the definition used today.
Who is Appolonious of Perga
300
The equation when the center is (5.5, 3) and the radius is 2.5?
What is (x-5.5)^2+(Y+3)^2=6.25
300
The center of the equation (x+4)^2/9 + (Y-5)^2/4=1
What is (-4,5)
300
The equation when the vertex is (6,5) and a point at (0,3)
What is x=3/2(y-5)^2+6
300
The asymptote formula
What is y=+/- b/a(x-h)+k
400
Used the theories set by Appolonious, applied conic sections to solve algebraic equations
Who is Omar Khayyam
400
The equation of the graph
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What is (x-2)^2+(y+5)^2=9
400
The calculation of a foci
What is (h-c, k) and (h+c, k)
400
The focus for parabolas.
What is the distance of p=1/4a from the vertex
400
The center when the equation is (x-3)^2/16 - (y+1)^2/9 =1
What is (3,-1)
500
Extended the theory of conic sections to include the principles of continuity, projective geometry, and analytic geometry
Who are Johannes Kepler, Blaise Pascal, and Rene Descartes
500
The circle's center, using the midpoint formula, with the two end points of (-7,-2) and (3,4)
What is (-2,1)
500
The coordinates of the foci when the equation is x^2/36 + y^2/4 =1
What is (5.7,0) and (-5.7,0)
500
The focus and the directrix when the equation is x=0.5(y-1)^2+4
What is (4.5,1) and when x=3.5
500
the asymptotes when the center is (2,0) and the vertices are (7,0) and (-3,0)
What is 1/5x - .5y= -1/5x + .5
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