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World Citi Colleges

Pre – Calculus

Name: _______________________________________ Strand: __________ Date: __________

Section: ____________________ Score: __________ WS 1

Conic Sections : Parabolas, Circles, Ellipses, and Hyperbolas form a group of curves known as conic sections,
because they are the results of intersecting a cone with a plane

A B C
Circle : when the plane is horizontal (figure A).
Ellipse : when the (tilted) plane intersects only one cone to form a bounded curve (figure A).
Parabola : when the plane intersects only one cone to form an unbounded curve (figure B).
Hyperbola : when the plane (not necessarily vertical) intersects both cones to form two unbounded curves (each
called branch of hyperbola)
Degenerate Conics : a point, one line, and two lines.
Standard Equation of Circle : (𝑥 − ℎ)2 + (𝑦 − 𝑘)2 = 𝑟 2
General Equation : 𝐴𝑥 2 + 𝐵𝑦 2 + 𝐶𝑥 + 𝐷𝑦 + 𝐸 = 0 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐴 ≠ 𝐵

Exercise A : In each item, give the standard equation of the circle satisfying the given conditions.
1. Center at the origin, radius 4

2. Center (−4,3), 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 √7

3. Red Circle in figure on the right

4. Blue Circle in figure on the right

5. Center (5, −6), tangent to the y – axis

6. Center (5, −6), tangent to the x – axis

7. Has a diameter with endpoints 𝐴(−1,4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵(4,2)

Exercise B : Find the general equation of the circle in

Exercise A for items 1, 2, and 3.
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Exercise C : Find the center and radius of the following

equation of circle.
1. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 − 9𝑦 = 6
2. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 14𝑥 + 18𝑦 = 7
3. 9𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 + 42𝑥 + 84𝑦 + 65 = 0
4. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 + 10𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 7
5. 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 − 20𝑥 + 40𝑦 = −5

Exercise D : Given the graph of the following find the standard and general equation of the circle.

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