We may imagine taking a length of string and anchoring it to two points on a piece of paper. The curve traced out by taking a pencil and moving it so the string is always taut is an ellipse.
This section covers the properties and equations of ellipses, focusing on their standard form, foci, vertices, and axes. It explains how to graph ellipses and determine key features like the center, m...This section covers the properties and equations of ellipses, focusing on their standard form, foci, vertices, and axes. It explains how to graph ellipses and determine key features like the center, major, and minor axes. Examples help illustrate how to identify and work with ellipses in various algebraic forms.
We may imagine taking a length of string and anchoring it to two points on a piece of paper. The curve traced out by taking a pencil and moving it so the string is always taut is an ellipse.