| You have now learned that an equation written in standard form provides a lot of information about its graph. |
| An equation in standard form tells whether its graph is a circle, ellipse, hyperbola, parabola, line, point or an empty set. |
| It also gives important information about the location and shape of the conic section it represents. |
| Before you begin solving systems of equations it is useful to be able to recognize when various quadratic equations represent a conic section and which conic section it will be. |
| Use the questions below to refresh your memory and see if you can identify conic sections given their equation. |
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