Conic Sections

Parabolas

Lecture Notes

The Standard and General Form of the Parabola Given Its Graph

More Parabolas and Shifting

An Applet on Drawing the Parabola

An Applet to Investigate the Reflective Property of the Parabola

Some applications of Parabolas

Distance and Circles

Lecture Notes

Graphing the Circle

Exercises

Solutions to the Odd Problems

Ellipses

Lecture Notes

Graphing the Ellipse and Hyperbola

Exercises

Solutions to the Odd Problems

Some Applications of Ellipses

Hyperbolae

Lecture Notes

Graphing the Hyperbola

Exercises

Solutions to the Odd Problems

Some Applications of Hyperbolae

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