KEY ELEMENTS:
•focus (F) -the fixed point of the conic
•directrix (d) -the fixed line d corresponding to the focus
•principal axis (a) -the line that passes through the focus and
perpendicular to the directrix
•vertec (V) -the point of intersection of the conic and its principal
•eccentricity (e) -the constant ratio
KEY ELEMENTS:
CIRCLE
Acircleisasetofallcoplanarpointssuchthatthedistance
fromafixedpointisconstant.Thefixedpointiscalledthecenterof
thecicleandtheconstantdistanceformthecenteriscalledthe
radiusofthecircle.
EQUATION OF A CIRCLE
Given that (h, k)is the center of the circle;
and (x, y) is a pointin the circle
(x -h)
2
+ (y -k)
2
r
(x -h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
r
r
2
= (x -h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
(x-h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
= r
2
Standard form
EQUATION OF A CIRCLE
(x-h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
= r
2
General formx
2
+ y
2
+ Ax + By + C = 0
Standard form
EQUATION OF A CIRCLE
ToderivetheequationofacirclewhosecenterCisatthepoint(0,0)
andwithradiusr,letP(x,y)beoneofthepointsonthecircle.
(x -0)
2
+ (y -0)
2
r
(x -0)
2
+ (y -0)
2
r
r
2
= (x)
2
+ (y)
2
r
2
= x
2
+ y
2