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Ellipse features review

Review all the features of an ellipse: center, vertices, co-vertices, major radius, minor radius, and foci.

What are the features of an ellipse?

An ellipse has two radii of unequal size: the start color #1fab54, start text, m, a, j, o, r, space, r, a, d, i, u, s, end text, end color #1fab54 is longer than the start color #aa87ff, start text, m, i, n, o, r, space, r, a, d, i, u, s, end text, end color #aa87ff. In our example, the major radius is the horizontal one, but that could be otherwise.
The start color #1fab54, start text, m, a, j, o, r, space, a, x, i, s, end text, end color #1fab54 connects the ellipse's start color #1fab54, start text, v, e, r, t, i, c, e, s, end text, end color #1fab54, and the start color #aa87ff, start text, m, i, n, o, r, space, a, x, i, s, end text, end color #aa87ff connects the ellipse's start color #aa87ff, start text, c, o, negative, v, e, r, t, i, c, e, s, end text, end color #aa87ff. The axes are twice the size of their corresponding radii.
The start color #11accd, start text, c, e, n, t, e, r, end text, end color #11accd of the ellipse lies at the midpoint of its start color #1fab54, start text, v, e, r, t, i, c, e, s, end text, end color #1fab54, which is also the midpoint of its start color #aa87ff, start text, c, o, negative, v, e, r, t, i, c, e, s, end text, end color #aa87ff.
The start color #ed5fa6, start text, f, o, c, i, end text, end color #ed5fa6 of the ellipse lie on the start color #1fab54, start text, m, a, j, o, r, space, r, a, d, i, u, s, end text, end color #1fab54. Their special property is that the sum of the distances from the foci to each point on the ellipse is always the same.
Want to learn more about ellipses? Check out this video.

Check your understanding

Problem 1
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What is the center of the ellipse?
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