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Eccentricity of Conic Sections

This worksheet focuses on understanding and calculating the eccentricity of conic sections, including ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas, for Grade 11 students.

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.GPE.A.3

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Eccentricity of Conic Sections

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1. The eccentricity of an ellipse is always between   and  .

2. A parabola has an eccentricity equal to  .

3. For a hyperbola, the eccentricity is always     1.

4. A circle is a special case of an ellipse with an eccentricity of  .

5. Which of the following conic sections has an eccentricity of 0?

a

Parabola

b

Ellipse

c

Circle

d

Hyperbola

6. If the eccentricity of a conic section is 2.5, what type of conic section is it?

a

Ellipse

b

Parabola

c

Circle

d

Hyperbola

7. Define eccentricity in the context of conic sections.

8. An ellipse has a semi-major axis of length 5 and a focal length of 3. Calculate its eccentricity.

9. Consider an ellipse with the equation (x^2)/25 + (y^2)/16 = 1. Determine the eccentricity of this ellipse.

CF1F2abc

10. A hyperbola has a distance of 10 between its foci and a distance of 6 between its vertices. Calculate its eccentricity.

F1F2V1V22c2a

11. As the eccentricity of an ellipse approaches 1, the ellipse becomes more circular.

T

True

F

False

12. All parabolas have the same eccentricity.

T

True

F

False

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