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Given a right circular cone, a plane that intersects the cone (not at the vertex) and is parallel to its edge will always result in a parabola, regardless of the shaper of the cone.

Is this true or false?

User Johngull
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Answer:

True.

Explanation:

It is true on ap ex for me.

User Tiago Leite
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It will be a parabola, so true.
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