Re: Determining an ellipse
- From: A N Niel <anniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:47:01 -0400
In article <425D5319.8050201@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hop David
<hopspageHATESSPAaMmM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Given:
>
> A focus lies on the origin
> The semimajor axis a
> The eccentricity e
> and two points on the ellipse's circumference.
>
> With this info how is the ellipse's equation determined?
>
> (I also posted this question in geometry.puzzles)
>
> Thanks in advance,
Focus at the origin, eccentricity given. Try polar coordinates.
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