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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.


	Contributed by: Kelly Deckelman, Kathleen Feltz, Jenn Mount Based on a program by: Abby Brown

Conic Section Curves (The Wolfram Demonstrations Project)

Conic Section (Wolfram MathWorld)

Ellipse (Wolfram MathWorld)

Parabola (Wolfram MathWorld)

Hyperbola (Wolfram MathWorld)

"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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