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'''Conic section''' is a term used to describe the shape produced when a plane and a cone intersect. This produces either a circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola, or in the special case when the plane touches the vertex, a point, line or two intersecting lines. The general formula for a conic section is as follows: | '''Conic section''' is a term used to describe the shape produced when a plane and a cone intersect. This produces either a circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola, or in the special case when the plane touches the vertex, a point, line or two intersecting lines. The general formula for a conic section is as follows: | ||
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Conic section is a term used to describe the shape produced when a plane and a cone intersect. This produces either a circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola, or in the special case when the plane touches the vertex, a point, line or two intersecting lines. The general formula for a conic section is as follows:
Conic sections are one of the most basic forms of shape in maths.[1]