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Conic Sections: Equations and Graphs

This Demonstration will help you to better understand ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas. You can drag the red center to move the conic around the grid. Hold the mouse over the center to see its coordinates.

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"Conic Sections: Equations and Graphs" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConicSectionsEquationsAndGraphs/
Contributed by: Kelly Deckelman, Kathleen Feltz, Jenn Mount
Based on a program by: Abby Brown




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