Question

A plane intersects one cone of a double-napped cone such that the plane is parallel to the generating line.

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What conic section is formed?

hyperbola

ellipse

parabola

circle

Answer 1

ellipse

Explanation:

i chose parbola but it said it was ellipse

Answer 2

The conic section that would be best formed on the way the double-napped cone gets cut would be a parabola. By definition, a parabola is a conic section in which it is mostly characterised of having a U-shape wherein it is symmetrical and an open plane curve.