precal unit 8

The axis that passed through the foci of a hyperbola is called the ____________ axis.

• transverse

• conjugate

One central point used to generate an ellipse is called a(n) ________________.

• axis

• asymptote

• focus

• vertex

Incoming rays parallel to the axis are directed to the _____________ in a parabolic reflector.

• focus

• axis

The ____________ is a point that is as far from any point on a parabola as the directrix.

• locus

• focus

• directrix

• vertex

The axis drawn perpendicular to the transverse axis is called the _____________ axis.

• eccentric

• conjugate

_______ is the measure of the ovalness of an ellipse.

• AU

• Eccentricity

• Elliptical