Mathwithmenno2005
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That is a three-dimensional figure, while conic sections are two-dimensional; but if we take the "cup" as a paraboloid, that means a vertical cross-section through it would be a parabola, while a horizontal cross-section would be a circle (or perhaps an ellipse). In any case, of course, it is rather rough and approximate!For an assignment I need to find a conic section in the nature and make a picture of it, but I do not really get what it is.
How and is there an conic section in this picture I made?
Thanks!
If you take a carrot and cut the top off it, that would give you a (rough) cone produced in ‘nature’.For an assignment I need to find a conic section in the nature and make a picture of it, but I do not really get what it is.
How and is there an conic section in this picture I made?
Thanks!
Mathematics is an idealized world of the human imagination rather than nature. Probably the best you can do are planetary orbits around the sun, which are very close to ellipses.
Further to my earlier post (above).....If you take a carrot and cut the top off it, that would give you a (rough) cone produced in ‘nature’.
What would you see if you cut through it horizontally (A: a circle) but what if you were to cut through it at an ‘angle’ (B)?
There are other 'options' that would produce different "sections" too; I suggest you Google “Conic Sections”.