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7.1 Introduction to Conics 497<br />

If the slicing plane contains the vertex of the cone, we get the so-called ‘degenerate’ conics: a point,<br />

a line, or two intersecting lines.<br />

We will focus the discussion on the non-degenerate cases: circles, parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas,<br />

in that order. To determine equations which describe these curves, we will make use of their<br />

definitions in terms of distances.

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