Conic Sections

Popular Tutorials in Conic Sections

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  What is a Parabola?

  If you graph a linear function, you get a line. If you graph a quadratic function, you get something called a parabola. A parabola tends to look like a smile or a frown, depending on the function. Check out this tutorial and learn about parabolas!

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  What is a Circle?

  What exactly is a circle? Learn the answer in this tutorial. You can also see the equation for a circle that's on the coordinate plane!