Conic Sections - Classifying

Check the box(es) that shows a parabola.

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Consider the conic section shown. If the plane cuts only one cone in a similar fashion but at a certain angle, then the conic section is an __________.

• (3, 5)

• (-3, 5)

• (5, -3)

• (3, -5)

An ellipse has a center at the origin and vertices at (-4, 0), (0, 2), (4, 0) and (0, -2). Has the ellipse been stretched more horizontally or vertically?

• Horizontal

• Vertical

• Neither

• (4, -2)

• (2, -4)

• (-2, 4)

• (-4, 2)

When the cutting plane intersects the two cones parallel to their vertical axes and perpendicular to their bases, then the conic section is a _______________.

• Parabola

• Circle

• Hyperbola

• Ellipse

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.3

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Hyperbola

• Parabola

What type of conic section is $3x^2–y^2–11x–6y+4=0$ ?

• Ellipse 

• Hyperbola

• Circle

• Parabola

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.1

What type of conic section is  $2x^2+2y^2-4x-16y-9=0$  ?

• Circle

• Parabola

• Ellipse

• Hyperbola

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.1