Pre-Calculus (From Quiz Bowl) Reviewer

EASY

1) The conic sections formed when the plane passes through the vertex of the cone
> Degenerate conix <
2) The set of all points in a plane whose sum of their distances from two distinct fixed
points is a constant
> Ellipse <
3) It is the midpoint of the vertices of a hyperbola
> center <
4) The set of all points in the plane at equal distance from a fixed point (focus) and a fixed
lined called directrix
> Parabola <
5) Fixed points on the graph of an ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola
> Focus/Foci <
6) A segment perpendicular to the transverse axis
> Conjugate axis <
7) Two diagonal lines where the graph of a hyperbola is approaching
> Asymptote <
8) In a parabola, the line that passes through the focus and is perpendicular to the directrix
is called?
> Axis of symmetry <
9) The conic section represented by the equation
> x 2+ y 2 2 x +6 y +10=0 <
10) The standard equation of a circle with the center at (h,k)
> (xh)2 +( y k )2=r <

AVERAGE

11) The equation of the asymptotes of a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis
b
> yk= ( xh) <
a
12) What is the center of the equation ( x5 )2 + ( y +1 )2=121 ? > (5, -1) <
x2 y 2
13) What is the value of a, b, and c of the equation + =1 respectively?
25 9
> a= 5, b= 3, c=4 <
14) What is the standard equation of the circle, given at the center at (4, -2) and radius equal
to 25 ?
> (x4)2+( y2)2=25 <
15) What is the equation of the hyperbola with foci at ( 5, 0 & vertices at ( 3,0) ?
x2 y2
> =1 <
9 16

DIFFICULT
2 2
x y
16) What are the coordinates of the vertices of the equation + =1 ?
25 9
> ( 5,0) <
17) What is the standard form of the equation of this graph?

2 2
( x+ 4) ( y3)
> + =1 <
16 9
18) What is the equation of the parabola having its center at the origin axis of symmetry
along the y-axis and passing through the point (-10, -5)?
> (x 2=20 y ) <