An ellipse or circle.
Then the intersection is a hyperbola.
If a right circular cone intersects a plane that passes through one of its nappes, but the plane is not parallel to an edge of the cone, the resulting curve will bea(n) _____ . ellipse
ellipse
If I understand your question correctly, it would be an ellipse.
Hyperbola
Then the intersection is a hyperbola.
If a right circular cone intersects a plane that passes through one of its nappes, but the plane is not parallel to an edge of the cone, the resulting curve will bea(n) _____ . ellipse
A line is produced
An Ellipse
ellipse
CIRCLE!
ellipse
If I understand your question correctly, it would be an ellipse.
if a right circular cone intersects a plane that goes through both nappes of the cone, but not through the vertex, the resulting curve will be a hyperbola
Hyperbola
A hyperbola.
The intersection forms a hyperbola.