Conic Sections Quiz
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Who is the ancient Greek mathematician known for systematic work on conic sections?

  • Euclid
  • Archimedes
  • Pythagoras
  • Apollonius of Perga (correct)
  • What are the three types of conic section?

  • Ellipse, circle, and hyperbola
  • Hyperbola, parabola, and ellipse (correct)
  • Hyperbola, circle, and parabola
  • Circle, ellipse, and parabola
  • How is a non-circular conic defined based on its distances to a focus and a directrix?

  • Set of points equidistant from the focus and directrix
  • Set of points farthest from the focus
  • Set of points closest to the focus
  • Set of points whose distances to the focus and directrix are in a fixed ratio (correct)
  • What determines the type of conic in relation to its eccentricity?

    <p>The value of the eccentricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In analytic geometry, how may a conic be defined?

    <p>As a plane algebraic curve of degree 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

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