Question

Oscar corporation is planning to construct an elliptical gate at its headquarters. the width of the ellipse will be 5 feet across and its maximum height along the center will be 3 feet. the company wants to place two bright spots at the foci of the ellipse. how far from the center of the ellipse will the spots be located?

Answer 1

The distance from the center of the ellipse to where the spots are located will be 2 feet.

What is Distance?

• Distance is the total movement of an object without any regard to direction.
• We can define distance as to how much ground an object has covered despite its starting or ending point.

The distance from the center of the ellipse to where the spots are located will be -

= 5 - 3

= 2 feet.

Therefore, the distance from the center of the ellipse is 2 feet.

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