1. What is a conic section?

Conic sections are curves formed when a plane intersects a cone.

The major conic sections are the parabola, the ellipse, the hyperbola and the circle.

 

2. Can the parabola y2 = x be represented by parametric equations?

Yes, the parametric equations y = 2t and x = 4t2 represent the relation y2 = x