Sketch the graph of the ellipse \(\ds \frac{x^2}{9}+\frac{y^2}{16}=1\) and determine its foci. Let \(C\) be the conic which consists of all points \(P=(x,y)\) such ...

Abstract: WebQuests incorporate technology with educational concepts through integrating online resources with student-centred and activity-based learning. In this study, we describe and evaluate a ...

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...

(a) \(\ds e=\frac{1}{2}\text{.}\) (b) Use the fact that, for \(P=(x,y)\text{,}\) \(\ds |PF|^2=x^2+(y-1)^2\) and \(\ds |Pl|=\frac{1}{2}|y-4|\text{.}\) (c) From \(\ds ...

MR. TAYLOR's present work is by no means a second edition of his “Geometrical Conies”(1863). His object in this volume is a highly laudable one; from more than one quarter has recently come the ...