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Conic Sections: Introduction and Parabola
Mathematics · Chapter 13 · Unit 3: Coordinate Geometry
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- Conics as sections of a cone; degenerate cases (point, line, pair of lines); focus, directrix, eccentricity and latus rectum (PS = e PL)
- Parabola: standard forms y^2 = +-4ax and x^2 = +-4ay; rough sketches; focus, vertex, directrix, axis and latus rectum
- Finding the equation of a parabola from its focus and directrix; application problems