There are three types of conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas. A parabola is the set of points equidistant from a fixed point (focus) and line (directrix). An ellipse is the set of points where the sum of distances from two fixed points (foci) is a constant. A hyperbola is the set of points where the difference of distances from two fixed points (foci) is a constant. Equations of parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas can be written and their properties like foci, vertices and asymptotes can be determined from the equations.