Let's go though the choices.
Major axis will get shorter. TRUE, CHECK ME
As the plane moves closer to the vertex the ellipse stays the same shape but shrinks.
Ellipse will become a circle. FALSE
As long as the plane is tilted, the ellipse can't be a circle.
Ellipse will degenerate to a point. TRUE, CHECK ME
Eventually the plane gets to the vertex, at which point (ha!) we have a single point.
Nappes? Is that a word? FALSE
The plane needs a steeper angle, steeper than the generators, before it can pass through both halves.
The generators are the lines through the vertex that form the cone. The plane isn't steep enough to hold any of them. FALSE
(0, 3) so b = 3 and slope = -5/4
equation
y = -5/4x + 3
answer
B. y = -5/4x + 3
Sorry about the bad handwriting
Answer:
rectangles are similar figures, thus if scaled copies of each other then the ratios of corresponding sides must be equal
compare ratios of lengths and widths
rectangles A and B
k = = ← ratio of lengths
k = = ← ratio of widths
scale factors are equivalent, hence rectangle A is a scaled copy of B
rectangles C and B
k = = ← ratio of lengths
k = = ← ratio of width
scale factors (k ) are not equal, hence C is not a scaled copy of B
rectangles A and C
k = = ← ratio of lengths
k = ← ratio of widths
the scale factors are not equal hence A is not a scaled copy of C
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