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Precalculus: Conics In Winter

by Texas Instruments

Overview

Students explore conic graphing using a polar notation equation and determine the effects the various variables on the graph.

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Key Steps

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    Students explore how the eccentricity affects the graph of a conic section in polar coordinates. They enter the general polar equation for a conic section in Y=.