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Conic Sections

• The Geometry of Conic Sections: The Focus/Directrix Property
  Why Conic Sections have the Focus/Directrix Property: that PF/PD = e where P is a point on the conic, F is the focus, D is the directrix, and e is eccentricity.
  
  
• Standard Equation for Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates.
  
  
• Standard Equations for Conic Sections in Rectangular Coordinates .
  
  
• Derivations of Rectangular Equations in Rectangular Coordinates.
  
  
• Geometric parameters and conic sections.
  
  
• Reflective Properties of conic sections.
  
  
• Journal Article Reviews.
  
  • Germain-McCarthy, Yvelyne. "Circular Graphs: Vehicles for Conic and Polar Connections." The Mathematics Teacher, January 1995. Vol.88 No.1: 27.
    
  
  
  
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