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Last Updated: April 11, 2006: Jeff Bivin - LZHS
Last Updated: April 11, 2006: Jeff Bivin - LZHS
Last Updated: April 11, 2006: Jeff Bivin - LZHS
Updated:
April 11, 2006
Jeff
-- LZHS
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
a2 = b2 + c2
Jeff Bivin -- LZHS
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
P
(0, 0)
F1 (-c, 0)
(x, y)
(c, 0) F2
PF1 + PF2 = 2a
[( x (c)] ( y o)
2
( x c) y
2
( x c ) ( y o) 2a
2
( x c ) y 2a
2
( x c) 2 y 2
( x c) y
2
( x c) y
2
( x c ) 2 y 2 2a
2a ( x c ) y
2
2a
2
( x c) y
2
( x c ) 2 y 2 4a 2 4a ( x c ) 2 y 2 ( x c ) 2 y 2
x 2 xc c 4a 4a ( x c) y x 2 xc c
2
4a 4 xc 4a ( x c) y
4
2
a 2 xc
Jeff Bivin -- LZHS
a ( x c) 2 y 2
a 2 xc
xc
a ( x c) 2 y 2
a ( x c) y
2
a 4 2a 2 xc x 2 c 2 a 2 ( x c) 2 y 2
a 4 2a 2 xc x 2 c 2 a 2 x 2 2 xc c 2 y 2
a 4 2a 2 xc x 2 c 2 a 2 x 2 2a 2 xc a 2 c 2 a 2 y 2
a 4 x 2c 2 a 2 x 2 a 2c 2 a 2 y 2
a 4 x 2c 2 a 2 x 2 a 2c 2 a 2 y 2
remember that a 2 b 2 c 2 c 2 a 2 b 2
a 4 x2 a2 b2 a 2 x2 a 2 a 2 b2 a 2 y 2
a 4 a 2 x 2 b 2 x 2 a 2 x 2 a 4 a 2b 2 a 2 y 2
b 2 x 2 a 2b 2 a 2 y 2
b 2 x 2 a 2 y 2 a 2b 2
a 2b 2
b x
a y
a b
2 2
2 2
a b a b
a 2b 2
x2
y2
2 1
2
a
b
2
2 2
x
y
2 1
2
a
b
this has a center at (0, 0)
if the center is at (h, k )
x h 2
a
y k2
b
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
The set of all co-planar points whose sum
of the distances from two fixed points
(foci) are constant.
Ellipse
a2 = b2 + c2
Jeff Bivin -- LZHS