SOLUTION: As you slice through your imaginary sugar cone structure, you slowly rotate from being perpendicular to the cones’ axes to being parallel to them. Which of the following is the co

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Question 156064: As you slice through your imaginary sugar cone structure, you slowly rotate from
being perpendicular to the cones’ axes to being parallel to them. Which of the following is the correct sequence of curves you will find?
a. Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola, Ellipse
b. Hyperbola, Ellipse, Parabola, Circle
c. Circle, Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
d. Ellipse, Parabola, Circle, Hyperbola

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As you slice through your imaginary sugar cone structure, you slowly rotate from
being perpendicular to the cones’ axes to being parallel to them. Which of the following is the correct sequence of curves you will find?
a. Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola, Ellipse
b. Hyperbola, Ellipse, Parabola, Circle
c. Circle, Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
d. Ellipse, Parabola, Circle, Hyperbola
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It will go:
Circle (when perpendicular)
Ellipse
Parabola
Hyperbola (when parallel)
That's not listed above.

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