Is the Circle a Special Type of Ellipse
Answer:P class lead
yes!!
A circle is a special kind of ellipse with the following features
- a = b
- c = 0 (where ce is the distance from the center to a focus)
- the foci are at the same point so there is really only 1 focus
- the minor axis is the same length as the major
- the eccentricity of the ellipse is zero
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Related:
- Equation of Ellipse
- Major Axis of Ellipse
- Minor Axis of Ellipse
- Vertices
- Co-vetices
- focus of an ellipse
- Is a circle an ellipse?
- Eccentricty of Ellipse
- area of an ellipse
- Orbits of Planets as ellipses
- Translate ellipse
- images
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