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Different Applications of Each Conic Type

The document discusses different types of conic sections (hyperbola, parabola, ellipse, and circle) and provides examples of applications for each one. A hyperbola is shaped like a guitar or hourglass. A parabola is seen in roller coasters, satellite dishes, and flashlights. Ellipses are the shape of footballs and orbits. Circles are used for wheels and gears.

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Different Applications of Each Conic Type

The document discusses different types of conic sections (hyperbola, parabola, ellipse, and circle) and provides examples of applications for each one. A hyperbola is shaped like a guitar or hourglass. A parabola is seen in roller coasters, satellite dishes, and flashlights. Ellipses are the shape of footballs and orbits. Circles are used for wheels and gears.

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Different applications of each Conic type

Hyperbola
-a symmetrical open curve formed by the intersection of a circular cone with a
plane at a smaller angle with its axis than the side of the cone.

Applications of Hyperbola

A guitar is an example of hyperbola as its sides form


hyperbola.

A guitar is a real world example of a hyperbola because


of its sides and how its curved going outwards just like a
hyperbola. This is a significance example for our world
because for the people who learn to play a guitar its
easier to grip because of the way its shaped like a
hyperbola.

Another example of a real life hyperbola is an hourglass.


It uses the hyperbola function specifically by creating an
imaginary transverse axis that will contain the foci and
center. The center is located where the sand clogs up
and slowly descends into the bottom part of this vertical
hyperbola.
Parabola
-A parabola is a curve where any point is at an equal distance from: a fixed point
(the focus), and a fixed straight line (the directrix).

Applications of Parabola
Roller Coaster is an example of Parabola.
When a coaster falls from the peak (vertex) of
the parabola, it is rejecting air resistance, and
all the bodies are falling at the same rate. The
only force here is gravity. Most people (I am
NOT included) enjoy or get a thrill out of
parabolic-shaped coasters because of the
intense pull of gravity.

Parabolas are also used in satellite dishes and


flashlights. In satellite dishes it helps reflect
signals that then go to a receiver, which
interprets the signals and shows satellite-
transmitted channels on your television.
Ellipse
-an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on
the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. As such,
it generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal
points are the same.

Applications of ellipse

Football and rugby are played with balls that


are based on ellipses. An ellipse has two axes,
a long major axis and a short minor axis.
When a solid is made by rotation around the
major axis, it is called a prolate spheroid, the
shape of a football.

Orbits come in different shapes. All orbits are


elliptical, which means they are an ellipse,
similar to an oval. For the planets, the orbits
are almost circular. The orbits of comets have a
different shape. They are highly eccentric or
"squashed." They look more like thin ellipses
than circles.
Circle
-A circle is a shape consisting of all points in planes that are a given distance from
a given point, the centre; equivalently it is the curve traced out by a point that
moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is constant.

Applications of Circle

Circles are used in real life situation as wheels on


car, bikes, and other forms of transportation. The
shape of a circle helps create a smooth movement
for a car or a bike to move from place to place.

Gears and records along with CD’s are ideal


examples of circles in real life. They are, and
were in their time, essential to everyday life.

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