Course Outline

·            General equation of second degree and conics represented by this equation

·            Nature and centre of conic

·            Reduction of centre of conic to standard form

·            Equation of asymptotes

·            Equation of tangent and  normal

·            Conditions of tangency

·            Pair of tangents from an external point

·            Equation of director circle and chord of contact

·            Pole and polar and their properties

·            Chord of the general conic with given middle point

·            Diameter of the conic

·            Conjugate diameters

·            Intersection of conics

·            Equation of conic through the intersection of two conics.