We may not notice parabolic shapes that often in our daily lives, but they can be found almost everywhere, just not in an obvious manner. Examples of parabolic shapes include projectile motion, suspension bridges, torch lights, parabolic microphones and many more.

There are 3 types of conic sections, one of which includes the parabola. The other 2 types are known as an ellipse and a hyperbola. A parabolic shape can be achieved when a plane parallel tone of the tangent planes to the cone cuts across a right circular cone.

The properties of this special curve will be discuss in the following posts to come! So look out for it!