01 - CIRCLE - Done
01 - CIRCLE - Done
01 - CIRCLE - Done
Express the 𝑥 and 𝑦 expressions as perfect squares and simplify the constant terms.
STEP 3.
STEP 4.
2 2
𝑥2 + + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 ⇔ ) + (𝑦 )
𝑎 𝑏
=
𝑎2+𝑏2−4𝑐
4
𝑦2 (𝑥 + 2 + 2
2 2
References:
Coburn, J. (2016). Pre-Calculus. 2 Penn Plaza, New York. McGraw Hill Education.
Weisstein, E. (n.d.). Conic section. In MathWorld – A Wolfram Web Resource. Retrieved from http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConicSection.html
01 Handout 1 *Property of STI
Page 1 of 1