Hi Michael,
I'm fooling around with the Conic Curve and was wondering if there was an answer readily at hand, or it is more complex.

Is there a way to reverse engineer the rho value?





Also, when I have a curve like this, can you present a method for me to find the "Highest point" of the curve perp to the 2 endpoints? On this simple curve, if I draw a line from midpoint to the top point, this gives it to me, but if the curve was made up of several different points?