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is a set of all coplanar points such that the sum of its distances from two fixed point is constant. The fixed points are called the FOCI of ellipse |
Ellipse |
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two special points of ellipse |
major axis (a) and minor axis (b) |
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four parts of ellipse |
center, vertices, co-vertices, FOCI |
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are the end points of major axis |
vertices |
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always lie on the major (longest) axis, spaced equally each side of the center |
FOCI |
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are the end points of minor axis |
co-vertices |
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the two midpoints of the vertices |
center |
