Our conic equations will have b = 0, so no 'bxy' for us!
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Parabola Notes August 15, 2017 General form of a conic section: ax 2 +bxy+cy 2 +dx+ey+f=0 Our conic equations will have b = 0, so no 'bxy' for us!
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Parabola Notes August 15, 2017
General form of a conic section:
ax2+bxy+cy2+dx+ey+f=0
Our conic equations will have b = 0, so no 'bxy' for us!
Parabola Notes August 15, 2017
http://www.mathdemos.org/mathdemos/family_of_functions/conic_gallery.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpbGAts_Fg
The latus rectum is a line segment that passes through the focus (midpoint of LR), is perpendicular to the axis of symmetry and parallel to the directrix, and has it's endpoints on the parabola. We will use the segment to find 2 additional points on the parabola.http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LatusRectum.html