1. Conics Written by Gaurav Rao Last edited: 10/3/15

2. What Are Conics?

3. Parts of conic All conics have a Focus, and all conics but circles have diretricies The eccentricity, defined as the ratio of the distances between the focus and the directrix, is different for each type of conic eConic e=0Circle 0<e<1Ellipse e=1Parabola e>1Hyperbola

4. Identifying a conic

5. Ellipses

6. Hyperbolas

7. Parabolas

8. Rotation of axis

9. Degenerate Conics

10. Practice problems

11. Practice Problem 2

12. Practice Problem 3