Answer:
alternate interior. you may want to study more before your geometry online tests lol
Probably because their teacher asked them or if they did something bad they would probably have to sit and read.
if the ellipse has a major axis of 12 inches, that means its major radius is half that, or 6, and if its minor axis is 7, then its minor radius is half that, 3.5.
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