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5. The Earth revolves around the Sun along an ellipse. The Sun lies in the focus of the ellipse. The largest distance from the Sun to the Earth is 152.1million kilometers, and the shortest is 147.1 million kilometers. Find thelength of the semi-minor axis of the ellipse and the eccentricity of the el-lipse. What is the distance between the two foci of the ellipse? |
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Answer» foci Step-by-step explanation:What is the distance between the two foci of the ELLIPSE?Remember the two patterns for an ellipse: Each ellipse has two foci (PLURAL of focus) as shown in the picture here: As you can see, C is the distance from the center to a focus. We can find the value of c by using the formula C2 = a2 - b2.hope it helps |
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