We solve simultaneously the equations of a plane and a cone and show that the intersections are circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, straight lines or just the origin.

Why are circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas called 'conic sections'? Part 2 (MathsCasts)

These MathsCasts were produced by the mathematics support centres at Swinburne University, the University of Limerick and Loughborough University. They were part of a collaborative research project to develop high quality resources and investigate the effectiveness of MathsCasts to support mathematics learning. The full set of resources are available at http://commons.swin.edu.au/s/mathscasts MathsCasts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

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Why are circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas called 'conic sections'? Part 2 (MathsCasts)

Why are circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas called 'conic sections'? Part 2 (MathsCasts)