Pre-Calculus Unit 3 Quiz

Identifying Conics from equations

Parallel Lines

Missing a variable

hyperbola

x² and y² have different signs

intersecting lines

x² and y² have different signs and the right side equals 0

circle

both x² and y² are positive and have the same coefficient 

Parabola

One term is squared and the other in linear

Point

both x² and y² are positive and the right side equals 0

No Solution

The right side is negative 

Ellipse

Both x² and y² are positive but different coefficients