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Conic Sections. Ellipse The Sequal. Deriving the Formula. Consider P at (0, b) Isosceles triangle Legs = a And. a. a. Eccentricity. A measure of the "roundness" of an ellipse. not so round. very round. Eccentricity. Given measurements of an ellipse c = distance from center to focus
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Conic Sections EllipseThe Sequal
Deriving the Formula • Consider P at (0, b) • Isoscelestriangle • Legs = a • And a a
Eccentricity • A measure of the "roundness" of an ellipse not so round very round
Eccentricity • Given measurements of an ellipse • c = distance from center to focus • a = ½ thelength of the major axis • Eccentricity
Eccentricity • What limitations can we place on c in relationship to a? • c < a • What limitationsdoes this put on • When e is close to 0, graph almost a circle • When e close to 1, graph long and thin
Finding the Eccentricity • Given an ellipse with • Center at (2,-2) • Vertex at (7,-2) • Focus at (4,-2) • What is the eccentricity? • Remember that
Using the Eccentricity • Consider an ellipse with e = ¾ • Foci at (9,0) and (-9,0) • What is the equationof the ellipse in standardform?
Acoustic Property of Ellipse • Sound waves emanating from one focus will be reflected • Off the wall of the ellipse • Through the opposite focus View Animation
Whispering Gallery • At Chicago Museumof Science andIndustry The Whispering Gallery is constructed in the form of an ellipsoid, with a parabolic dish at each focus. When a visitor stands at one dish and whispers, the line of sound emanating from this focus reflects directly to the dish/focus at the other end of the room, and to the other person!
Elliptical Orbits • Planets travel in elliptical orbits around the sun • Or satellites around the earth
Elliptical Orbits • Perihelion • Distance from focus to closest approach • Aphelion • Distance from focus to farthest reach • Mean Distance • Half the majoraxis MeanDist
Elliptical Orbits • The mean distance of Mars from the Sun is 142 million miles. • Perihelion = 128.5 million miles • Aphelion = ?? • Equation for Mars orbit? Mars
Assignment • Ellipses B • 45 – 63 odd