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Introduction To Conics

This document discusses the definition and properties of eccentricity as it relates to conic sections. It defines eccentricity as the ratio of the distance from a conic section to its focus and its distance to its directrix. It states that a circle has an eccentricity of 0, a parabola has an eccentricity of 1, an ellipse has an eccentricity between 0 and 1, and a hyperbola has an eccentricity greater than 1. The document also provides the standard formula for a second-degree conic section.

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Introduction To Conics

This document discusses the definition and properties of eccentricity as it relates to conic sections. It defines eccentricity as the ratio of the distance from a conic section to its focus and its distance to its directrix. It states that a circle has an eccentricity of 0, a parabola has an eccentricity of 1, an ellipse has an eccentricity between 0 and 1, and a hyperbola has an eccentricity greater than 1. The document also provides the standard formula for a second-degree conic section.

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2/4/2016

Bicol University College of Engineering


Civil Engineering Department

Is the locus of point that moves so that the ratio of its


distance from a fixed point called the focus to its
distance from a fixed line called the directrix is
constant. The constant ratio is called the eccentricity of
the conic.
BY:

ENGR. JEFFERSON M. CIPRIANO, MET


Assistant Professor IV

Eccentricity is a measure of how much a conic deviate If:


from being circular, making the eccentricity of the circle
obviously equal to zero. It is the ratio of focal distance e = 0, the conic is a circle
to directrix distance of the conic section.
e = 1, the conic is a parabola
distance from focus to conic
e < 0, the conic is an ellipse
eccentricity (e) 
distance from conic to directrix e > 0, the conic is a hyperbola

Ax2+Bxy+Cy2+Dx+Ey+F=0

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