Order the cuts as the plane tilts
Exercise and reference answers
- Steps
- Square on gives a circle
- A slight tilt gives an ellipse
- Tilt matches the side
- That gives a parabola
- Tilt past the side
- Both nappes, a hyperbola
- Instructions
- Tap the sections in order as the plane tilts over.
Explanation
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Ch 10 'Conic Sections'_
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