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Geo-Calc
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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Macintosh shareware for calculating the area, perimeter, sides, angles, and other measures of two- and three-dimensional shapes such as ellipses, rectangles, triangles, trapeziums, parallelograms, pol...
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Geometry Expressions
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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Geometry Expressions is an interactive symbolic geometry system. This means: Geometric figures can be defined by either symbolic constraints or numeric locations. Measurements on your drawing are n...
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Graphing Calculator (formerly ...
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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A very powerful graphing program that is also especially easy to use. You can graph functions in two or more dimensions using different kinds of coordinates. You can make animations and save as movies...
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Math911
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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Tutorial fee-based software for PCs that must be downloaded to the user's computer. It covers topics from pre-algebra through pre-calculus, including trigonometry and some statistics. The software pos...
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Conic Sections: Equation of a ...
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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A parabola is the set of points that are equally distant from the focus point and the directrix. This Tab Tutor program will help you learn about the equation of a parabola and how to use it to derive...
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Conic Sections: Equation of a ...
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general, standard forms of equations (PreCalculus)+ |
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Flash introduction to finding the equation of an ellipse centered on (0,0) and with its major axis on the y-axis. Students can use this Tab Tutor program to learn about the equation of this ellipse an...
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Conic Sections: Equation of a ...
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general, standard forms of equations (PreCalculus)+ |
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Flash introduction to finding the equation of an ellipse centered on (0,0) and with its major axis on the x-axis. Students can use this Tab Tutor program to learn about the equation of this ellipse an...
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Conic Sections: Equation of a ...
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hyperbolas (PreCalculus) |
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Flash introduction to finding the equation of an hyperbola centered on (0,0) and with its major axis on the x-axis. With step-by-step instructions and an illustrated glossary, students can learn how t...
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Conic Sections: Equation of a ...
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general, standard forms of equations (PreCalculus)+ |
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Flash introduction to finding the equation of an hyperbola centered on (0,0) and with its major axis on the y-axis. With step-by-step instruction and an illustrated glossary, students can learn how to...
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Functions: Quadratic Functions
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parabolas (PreCalculus) |
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This Flash-based tutorial covers the different varieties of parabolas you can get when graphing quadratic functions. It includes the standard and alternate forms of the quadratic formula, and demonst...
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Area of an Ellipse - Math Open...
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ellipses (PreCalculus) |
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An interactive applet and associated web page that demonstrate the area of an ellipse.
The major and minor axes can be dragged and the area is continuously recalculated.
The ellipse has a g...
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Conic Flyer
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general, standard forms of equations (PreCalculus) |
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This activity allows the user to manipulate the graphs of the conic sections by changing the constants in their respective equations. The equation and variable values are displayed and change as the u...
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Drawing Hyperbola
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hyperbolas (PreCalculus) |
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Interactive page to draw hyperbolas.
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Drawing Parabola
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parabolas (PreCalculus) |
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The applet manipulates an apparatus that draws a parabola from its definition that the distance from a fixed point called the focus is equivalent to the distance from a fixed line called the directri...
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Ellipse Game
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foci (PreCalculus) |
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Try to click on one of the foci of the ellipse; feedback is given if you get closer/farther away.
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Ellipse definition and propert...
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ellipses (PreCalculus) |
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An interactive applet and associated web page that show the definition and properties of an ellipse.
The applet has a draggable point that shows that the sum of the distances to the foci is a co...
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Ellipse major and minor axes -...
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major / minor axes (PreCalculus) |
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An interactive applet and associated web page that show the major and minor axes of an ellipse.
The applet has an ellipse whose major and minor axis endpoints can be dragged. As they are dragge...
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Elliptical Gear
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ellipses (PreCalculus) |
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The workings of an ellipse as a gear.
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Elliptical Pool Table
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foci (PreCalculus) |
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Choose "New Toys" from the menu bar when it has loaded (be patient); then choose "Elliptical Pool Table" one that in turn is loaded. This applet simulates pool on a table where the "pocket" is the rig...
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Exploring Parabolas
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parabolas (PreCalculus) |
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Java-Sketchpad applet for "carving" a parabola
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Exploring Parabolas
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parabolas (PreCalculus) |
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Explore the properties of parabolas through a geometric perspective within your browser window.
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Foci of an ellipse - Math Open...
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foci (PreCalculus) |
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An interactive applet and associated web page that show the definition and properties of the focus points (foci) of an ellipse.
The applet has an ellipse whose major and minor axes can be dragge...
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Focus of parabola
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foci (PreCalculus) |
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This applet illustrates the phenomena that parallel beams reflect on the parabola face and gather at one point. The point is the focus of parabola. Using the applet, investigate the relationship bet...
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Laboratory
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Conic Sections (PreCalculus) |
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When the sun moves around in the sky, the shadow cast by a vertical stick moves on the ground. The tip of the shadow traces some kind of curve. The curve depends on the observation point, and it also ...
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Optical Properties of Elliptic...
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ellipses (PreCalculus)+ |
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An interactive applet and associated web page that demonstrate the optical properties of elliptical mirrors.
Rays that pass through one focus of an ellipse always are reflected so they pass thro...
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