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                      Arcs and conics

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                      Given three points, we can draw an arc. Select the Arc tool, create three different points, and an arc passing through such three points will appear.

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                      Circumferences can be drawn in two different ways. Either we choose the centre and its radius, or we choose three points to construct a circumference passing through them.

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                      To write a parabola, we choose its directrix, and then we move the mouse to place the focus.

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                      Ellipses are constructed given their focus and their eccentricity.

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                      A similar manner is used for hyperbolas: we choose the focus and then the eccentricity.

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                      We can locate five points in a more general approach, and a conic passing through them will be constructed. The conic will change as we move to the fifth point.

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