Pascal's Line

Set u=1 for an ellipse,

Set u=2 for a circle,

Set u=3 for a parabola,

Set u=4 for a hyperbola.

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The intersections of the extensions of the opposite sides are always colinear, as discovered by Blaise Pascal.

Colin Anderson, Created with GeoGebra