Chapter 4: Conics Application 114
Chapter 4:
Conics Application
The Conics application provides you with the capability to graph circular,
parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic functions. You can also use the Conics
application to quickly and easily determine the proper focal point, vertex,
directrix, and other information about each type of conics.
Starting up the Conics application displays two windows: 1 the Conics
Editor window and 2 the Conics Graph window.
A function input on the Conics Editor window is graphed on the Conics
Graph window.
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Conics Application-Specific Menus and Buttons
Conics Editor window
• Draw a graph ..............................................................................................................................................^
• Insert a Conics Form ....................................................................................Form - Insert Conics Form or q
• Adjust the equation so it fits a Conics Form ................................................... Fit - Fit into Conics Form or w
Conics Graph window
• Make the Conics Editor window active .......................................................................................................*
• Perform a G-Solve operation (see page 116) .................................................................... Analysis - G-Solve
Tip: The Conics application uses many of the same commands (Zoom, Trace, Sketch, etc.) as the Graph & Table
application.
