Essentials of Precalculus with Calculus Previews, 6th Edition

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6 Conic Sections

Chapter Contents

6.1    The Parabola

6.2    The Ellipse

6.3    The Hyperbola

6.4    The Polar Coordinate System

6.5    Graphs of Polar Equations

6.6    Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates

6.7    Parametric Equations

6.8     3-Space

Chapter 6 Review Exercises

6.1    The Parabola

Hypatia

INTRODUCTION Hypatia is the first woman in the history of mathematics about whom we have considerable knowledge. ...