What Do You Know About Conic Sections?

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What Do You Know About Conic Sections? - Quiz

In mathematics, a conic section (or simply conic) is a curve obtained as the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane. Take the quiz to find out more.

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1.

There are how many types of conic section?
- A.
  
  One
- B.
  
  Two
- C.
  
  Three
- D.
  
  Four
2.

The conic sections have been studied by the ancient .....
- A.
  
  Greek mathematician
- B.
  
  Latin mathematician
- C.
  
  Russian mathematician
- D.
  
  British mathematician
3.

The conic sections have been studied by the ancient Greek mathematicians with this work culminating around
- A.
  
  100 B.C
- B.
  
  200 B.C
- C.
  
  300 B.C
- D.
  
  Option 4
4.

The greatest progress in the study of conics by the ancient Greeks is due to ....
- A.
  
  Euclid
- B.
  
  Apollonius of Perga
- C.
  
  Menaechmus
- D.
  
  Archimedes
5.

..... (died c. 350 CE) is credited with expounding on the importance of the concept of a conic's focus, and detailing the related concept of a directrix, including the case of the parabola (which is lacking in Apollonius's known works).
- A.
  
  Archimedes
- B.
  
  Euclid
- C.
  
  Menaechmus
- D.
  
  Pappus of Alexandr
6.

An instrument for drawing conic sections was first described in ....
- A.
  
  1000 CE
- B.
  
  2000 CE
- C.
  
  3000 CE
- D.
  
  4000 CE
7.

An instrument for drawing conic sections was first described in 1000 CE by the Islamic mathematician ......
- A.
  
  Muhammed
- B.
  
  Al-Kuhi
- C.
  
  Yusuf
- D.
  
  Dawud
8.

..... extended the theory of conics through the "principle of continuity", a precursor to the concept of limits.
- A.
  
  Albert Einstein
- B.
  
  Johannes Kepler
- C.
  
  Isaac Newton
- D.
  
  Bill Nye
9.

Kepler first used the term foci in ....
- A.
  
  1604
- B.
  
  1514
- C.
  
  1918
- D.
  
  2008
10.

Mathematics is usually studied in the ....
- A.
  
  School
- B.
  
  Church
- C.
  
  Mosque
- D.
  
  Museum

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