Wednesday, October 6, 2010

How to identify quadratic fuctions:

standard form of a quadratic:
ax2 +bx + cy2 + dy + e = 0
how to identify quadratic equations:
If a = c then the equation is a circle
If a does not equal c and the same sign then the equation is an ellipse
If a and/or c equals 0 the equation is a parabola
If a and c are different signs the equation is a hyperbola

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