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    This document discusses ellipses and their properties. It begins by explaining that an ellipse is a flattened circle, and examples like eggs and footballs approximate elliptical shapes. It then notes that Earth's orbit around the sun and rotation on its axis also form ellipses. The document goes on to define the key parts of an ellipse, including the center, major and minor axes, vertices, and foci. It provides the standard equations for ellipses with the center at the origin or another point, and gives an example of solving for the equation of an ellipse given certain properties.

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    This document discusses ellipses and their properties. It begins by explaining that an ellipse is a flattened circle, and examples like eggs and footballs approximate elliptical shapes. It then notes that Earth's orbit around the sun and rotation on its axis also form ellipses. The document goes on to define the key parts of an ellipse, including the center, major and minor axes, vertices, and foci. It provides the standard equations for ellipses with the center at the origin or another point, and gives an example of solving for the equation of an ellipse given certain properties.

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    This document discusses ellipses and their properties. It begins by explaining that an ellipse is a flattened circle, and examples like eggs and footballs approximate elliptical shapes. It then notes that Earth's orbit around the sun and rotation on its axis also form ellipses. The document goes on to define the key parts of an ellipse, including the center, major and minor axes, vertices, and foci. It provides the standard equations for ellipses with the center at the origin or another point, and gives an example of solving for the equation of an ellipse given certain properties.

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    You can see that it looks like an


    ellipse which has been slightly
    squised at one end. Nevertheless,
    an ellipse is pretty close to the
    right shape. So for our first
    attempt at an accurate
    description of the shape of an egg,
    let’s explore ellipses.

    A football, owes its two-


    dimensional origin to
    the ellipse rather than the circle,
    giving the pigskin its prolate
    spheroid shape, which has a polar
    axis that is greater than its
    equatorial diameter. Thanks to its
    elongated nature, a football will
    spiral when thrown properly.

    Earth's rotation around its axis


    results in the alternation of day
    and night. Earth also moves
    around the Sun on the ecliptic
    plane in an elliptical orbit. This
    movement along with the fact
    that its axis is tilted to the ecliptic
    plane is causing the changing of
    seasons.

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    Corn Plate

    WHAT IS AN ELLIPSE?
    An ellipse is basically a circle that has been squished either horizontally or
    vertically. From a pre-calculus perspective, an ellipse is a set of points on a
    plane, creating an oval, curved shape such that the sum of the distances from
    any point on the curve to two fixed points (the foci) is a constant (always the
    same).

    Graphically speaking, you must know two different types of ellipses:


    horizontal and vertical. A horizontal ellipse is short and fat; a vertical one is
    tall and skinny. Each type of ellipse has these MAIN PARTS:

    Center. The point in the middle of the ellipse is called the center and
    is named (h, v) just like the vertex of a parabola and the center of a
    circle.
    Major axis. The major axis is the line that runs through the center of
    the ellipse the long way. The variable a is the letter used to name the
    distance from the center to the ellipse on the major axis. The
    endpoints of the major axis are on the ellipse and are called vertices.
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    Minor axis. The minor axis is perpendicular to the major axis and
    runs through the center the short way. The variable b is the letter
    used to name the distance to the ellipse from the center on the
    minor axis. Because the major axis is always longer than the minor
    one, a > b. The endpoints on the minor axis are called co-vertices.

    Foci. The foci are the two points that dictate how fat or how skinny
    the ellipse is. They are always located on the major axis, and can be
    found by the following equation: a2 – b2 = F2 where a and b are
    mentioned as in the preceding bullets and F is the distance from the
    center to each focus.

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    WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF ELLIPSE?
    Angle between tangent and focal radius r1 is equal to angle between
    tangent and focal radius r2 (Fig. 2, point М3).

    If two parallel lines cross the ellipse than the distance that connect
    the middle point of a segment this lines will cross the center of the
    ellipse.

    Evolute is the asteroid that stretched along the long axis.

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    WHAT ARE THE EQUATIONS OF A PARABOLA?
    When the center of the ellipse is at the origin (0,0)

    𝑥2 𝑦2
    + =1
    𝑎2 𝑏 2
    Where 𝑎 is the horizontal semi-axis and 𝑏 the vertical semi-axis(𝑥, 𝑦) are
    the coordinates of any point on the ellipse.

    When the center of the ellipse is at the point (ℎ, 𝑘)

    (𝑥 − ℎ)2 (𝑦 − 𝑘)2
    + =1
    𝑎2 𝑏2
    Where 𝑎 is the horizontal semi-axis and 𝑏 the vertical semi-axis, (ℎ, 𝑘) are
    the 𝑥, 𝑦 coordinates of the center of the ellipse and(𝑥, 𝑦) are the
    coordinates of any point on the ellipse.

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    NOW THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THE EQUATIONS OF AN ELLIPSE,
    I’LL GIVE SOME EXAMPLE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT
    THOROUGHLY!
    Find the standard equation of an ellipse with co-vertices at (−4,8) and
    (10,8) and a focus at (3, 12)

    B1 (−4,8) B2 (10,8) F1 (3,12)


    −4+10 8+8
    C= ( 2
    , 2
    ) C= (3,8)
    2𝑏 14
    2b= |(−4) − 10| 2
    = 2
    𝑏= 7 𝑏 2 = 49

    𝐶𝐹 = 𝐶 |12 − 8| 𝐶 = 4 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝐶^2 = 16


    a^2=49+16 a^2= 65 (x-3)^3/49 + (y-8)^2/65 = 1

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