Why on earth are they called conic sections?

Of course not.

So this is a bit of a conundrum.

And I even know a little bit about ellipses and hyperbolas.

Maybe I can find some kind of neat 3D application that can do it better than I can do it.

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And you might wonder why I put it in this form.

It's the, uh, boxylooking thing with the, um, circular doorlike thing on the front.

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Circular.

Remember, this plane goes off in every direction infinitely.

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Now that you know what the conic sections are and why they're called conic sections, let's see if we can understand the actual equations of the conic sections a little bit better, and use that knowledge to be able to at least recognize them when we see the equation, and then if we see the equation, know how to plot them.

Let's see if we could do a couple more of these conic section identification problems.

in a circular region

Geometric Maltese Cross

Geometric Curved Four Point Star

Geometric Quarter Circle

Geometric Perfect Circle

And will do that a little more in depth mathematically in a few videos.

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I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church.

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This is x plus 3 squared minus 16.

But that just gives you a general sense of why both of these are conic sections.

Tom has a bald spot.

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It's the sand of the Colosseum.

And to answer this question, I would have to remind you that the red blood cell basically looks a little bit like this, right, in cross section.

About a billion miles away, here's what happens to Earth's orbit it becomes elliptical instead of circular.

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