What is the intersection of a cone and a plane parallel to a line along the side of the cone?

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Can someone please help me with this? Provide an example or a good site where I can understand? I'm very confused

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It's a parabola. Just google conic sections for various discussions. Wikipedia might be a good place to start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conic_section