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The conic sections are the four curves that are obtained by intersecting a
cone and
a plane as in Fig. 13.3. The figure explains why the parabola, ellipse, circle,
and hyperbola are called conic sections, but it does not help us find
equations for the
curves.To develop equations for these curves we will redefine them more
precisely
using distance between points. So we will first discuss the distance formula
Solve:
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