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Table of Contents Ellipse - Definition and Equations Consider two fixed points in the plane, F 1 and F 2, which we shall call foci... Select a point in.

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1 Table of Contents Ellipse - Definition and Equations Consider two fixed points in the plane, F 1 and F 2, which we shall call foci... Select a point in the plane... Now draw lines from the point to the foci, and call these distances d 1 and d 2. Let the total distance equal a constant, say m. Then...

2 Table of Contents Slide 2 Ellipse - Definition and Equations Select another point and draw the lines to the foci... Let the total distance once again be equal to m... If we were to continue to find all of the points in the plane, the sum of whose distances from the foci is m, the result is an ellipse...

3 Table of Contents Slide 3 Ellipse - Definition and Equations Using the definition of an ellipse in a coordinate plane, the equations are found to be as follows. Horizontal EllipseVertical Ellipse

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