Conic Sections

Circle (E=0) Hyperbola (E>1) Parabola (E=1)

(x - h)2 + (y - k)2 = r 2 Center  h, k  Vertex  h, k 
Center:  h, k  Radius: r a: distance from Center to Vertices p: directed distance from Vertex to Focus
b: distance from Center to Co-Vertices Length of Latus Rectum = 4p
Ellipse (0<E<1) c: distance from Center to Foci
c2 = a 2 + b2
 h, k   x  h = 4p  y  k 
2
Center
Transverse = 2a: Conjugate = 2b
a: distance from Center to Vertices Axis of Symmetry x=h
(x - h)2 (y - k)2
b: distance from Center to Co-Vertices  =1 Focus  h, k + p 
a2 b2
c: distance from Center to Foci y = kp
Transverse (X) : Conjugate (Y) Directrix
a  b and c = a  b
2 2 2 2 2
Vertices  h  a, k  Direction of opening upward if p  0
Major Axis = 2a: Minor Axis = 2b
Co-Vertices  h, k  b  downward if p  0
2 2
(x - h) (y - k)
+ =1
a2 b2 Foci  h  c, k 
4p  x  h  =  y - k 
2
Major Axis (X) : Minor Axis (Y) b
Asymptotes: yk = �  x  h y=k
Vertices  h  a, k  a Axis of Symmetry

Co-Vertices  h, k  b  (y - k)2 (x - h)2

 =1
Focus  h + p, k 
a2 b2
Directrix x = hp
Foci  h  c, k  Transverse (Y): Conjugate (X)
Direction of opening right if p  0
(x - h)2 (y - k)2
+ =1 Vertices  h, k  a 
b2 a2 left if p  0
Co-Vertices  h  b, k 
Major Axis (Y): Minor Axis (X)
Vertices  h, k  a  Foci  h, k  c  Eccentricity
a c
Co-Vertices  h  b, k  Asymptotes: yk = �  x  h E=
b a
Foci  h, k  c 