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Drawing Conic Sections

In these activities the goal is to draw parabola by its given focus an directrix, or ellipse or hyperbola by the given two foci and major axis. Use "New" button to change the shapes.

Click-draw PARABOLA

Drag-draw PARABOLA

Click-draw ELLIPSE

Drag-draw ELLIPSE

Click-draw HYPERBOLA

Drag-draw HYPERBOLA
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Finding The Foci

Here the goal is to find the foci of parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola by clicking or draging the cursor at their possible locations.

Focus - Click PARABOLA

Focus Drag - PARABOLA

Foci - Click ELLIPSE

Foci - Drag ELLIPSE

Foci - Click HYPERBOLA

Foci Drag - HYPERBOLA