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Ellipse: Definition

Author:
Brian Sterr
Topic:
Ellipse
In the diagram, below, we have two given points, and . The distances from these two points to a point , given by and always add up to the same amount. Definition of an Ellipse: The set of all points, the sum of whose distances to two fixed points is a constant.

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