Parabola
This conic section has four different directions it can open depending on the graph.
What is a parabola?
This conic section has two curves and an eccentricity greater than one.
What is a hyperbola?
This conic section has the least amount of features.
What is a circle?
What conic section has a u shape?
A parabola.
One difference between hyperbolas and parabolas is?
Hyperbolas are curves with two branches.
The radius of (x+5)2 + (y-10)2 = 9 is?
3.
True or False parabolas have x2 and y2 coefficients that are opposite signs.
False.
True or False in an equation for a hyperbola the coefficients of x2 and y2 are opposite signs.
True.
In terms of shape what is the difference between circles and ellipses?
Ellipses are more oval like an egg compared to a circle which is round like a beach ball.
At the bottom of the Eiffel Tower what is the name of the u shaped conic section?
What is a parabola?
This formula is used for hyperbolas with a vertical axis.
(y-k)2/a2 - (x-h)2/b2 = 1.
The eccentricity of a circle allows it to do what?
All circles are similar and can be transformed into one another.
This famous bridge in San Francisco, California has parabolic spans on both sides.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
On a basketball the curved black lines form this conic section.
What is a hyperbola?
This object is usually round and is something most people check multiple times throughout the day.
What is a clock?