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Is it possible to find the foci of an ellipse when you just have a graph?

How do you do it?!

2007-08-27 11:24:28 · 1 answers · asked by jamie68117 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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Yes.

The length of the major axis = a, the length of the minor axis = b.

The foci will be on the major axis, and will be +/- c away from the center, where c = sqrt (a^2 - b^2).

2007-08-27 11:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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