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This is what it looks like, but to the naked eye, it appears to be a circle, but it’s not The shape of Earth’s orbit is just off that of a circle; it’s an ellipse An exaggerated image of Earth’s elliptical orbit looks like this:
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Principles of Mathematics - MPM 2D
There are many uses for quadratic equations:
The ellipse, hyperbola and parabola are all quadratic curves – studied by ancient Greeks but no application thereof until Astronomy
What is the shape of Earth’s orbit?
Unit 1: Quadratics - Introduction
Like this, right?
This is what it looks like, but to the naked eye, it appears to be a circle, but it’s not
The shape of Earth’s orbit is just off that of a circle; it’s an ellipse
An exaggerated image of Earth’s elliptical orbit looks like this:
Quadratics
A car’s acceleration is another top application of quadratics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5_AKjDdqaU
Quadratics