Cluster the conics by eccentricity
Exercise and reference answers
- Items
- Group
- Ellipse
- Item
- e = 0
- Group
- Ellipse
- Item
- e = 0.4
- Group
- Ellipse
- Item
- e = 0.9
- Group
- Parabola
- Item
- e = 1
- Group
- Hyperbola
- Item
- e = 1.5
- Group
- Hyperbola
- Item
- e = 3
- Groups
- Item
- Ellipse
- Item
- Parabola
- Item
- Hyperbola
- Instructions
- Drag each eccentricity chip into the curve that value produces.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax College Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 "Analytic Geometry", section 8.5 Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates_