Friday, December 23, 2011

Conic Sections: a Visual Representation

Here's a video about how to slice a conic section and visually get a parabola, a circle, an ellipse and a hyperbola.
I was trying my best to visually describe the conic sections without the equations.
Music is "Pressure Drop" by The Stanton Warriors.
















What do you think? Does it work for you?
Do you need the equations to identify each conic section?

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