Conic Sections

Circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, and identifying conic sections

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📈 Conic Sections

Analyze circles, parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas from standard and general form equations.

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A stone is dropped into a still pond, creating a circular ripple. The radius of the ripple is increasing at a rate of $2$ cm/s. How fast is the area of the circle increasing when the radius is $10$ cm?

2Write the relationship between variables

3Differentiate both sides with respect to time

4Substitute known values

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Circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, and identifying conic sections

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