Conics
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Ellipse - Activity A
Compare the equation of an ellipse to its graph. Vary the terms of the equation of the ellipse and examine how the graph changes … in response. Drag the vertices and foci, explore their Pythagorean relationship, and discover the string property.
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Ellipse - Activity B
Compare the equation of an ellipse to its graph. Vary the terms of the equation of the ellipse and examine how the graph changes … in response. Manipulate the vertices and foci, explore their Pythagorean relationship, and discover the string property.
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Hyperbola - Activity A
Compare the equation of a hyperbola to its graph. Vary the terms of the equation of the hyperbola. Examine how the graph of the … hyperbola and its asymptotes changes in response.
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Hyperbola - Activity B
Compare the equation of a hyperbola to its graph. Vary the terms of the equation of the hyperbola and examine how the graph of the … hyperbola and its asymptotes changes in response. Drag the vertices and foci to discover the string property.
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Parabola with Horizontal Directrix
Compare the graph of a parabola opening vertically and its directrix to its equation. Vary the terms in the equation and examine how … the graph changes in response. Manipulate the focus, directrix, and vertex and discover the string property.
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Parabolas - Activity A
Compare the graph of a parabola to its equation. Vary the value of the coefficients in the equation and examine how the graph changes … in response.
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Parabolas - Activity B
Compare the graph of a parabola to its equation in vertex form and polynomial form. Vary the value of the terms in the equation and … examine how the graph changes in response.
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Parabolas - Activity C
Compare the graph of a parabola opening horizontally to its equation. Vary the terms in the equation and examine how the graph changes … in response. Manipulate the focus, directrix, and vertex and discover the string property.
