Exploring Conic Sections

Jennifer Silverman

Sixteen applets for drawing, defining, matching, and fitting the four conic sections


  • 1. Drawing a Circle
  • 2. Drawing a Parabola
  • 3. Drawing an Ellipse
  • 4. Drawing a Hyperbola
  • 5. Matching a Circle
  • 6. Matching a Parabola
  • 7. Matching an Ellipse
  • 8. Matching a Hyperbola
  • 9. Defining a Circle
  • 10. Defining a Parabola
  • 11. Defining an Ellipse
  • 12. Defining a Hyperbola
  • 13. Fitting a Circle
  • 14. Fitting a Parabola
  • 15. Fitting an Ellipse
  • 16. Fitting a Hyperbola

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Drawing a Circle

Explore this applet to draw a circle. Use it to help write a definition of a circle.
What equation would give you a circle?
– Jennifer Silverman

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