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ERIC Number: EJ770350
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Sep
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
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Director Circles of Conic Sections
Srinivasan, V. K.
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v33 n5 p791-800 Sep 2002
Given a conic section, the locus of a moving point in the plane of the conic section such that the two tangent lines drawn to the conic section from the moving point are all mutually perpendicular is a curve. In the case of an ellipse and hyperbola this curve is a circle referred to as the director circle. In the case of the parabola this curve coincides with the directrix of the parabola. The last section is devoted to the graphical illustrations of director circles for circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas using the built-in Maple V software of Scientific Work Place 3.0. (Contains 4 figures.)
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Language: English
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