Length of the major semiaxis ( $a$ ).
Length of the minor semiaxis ( $b$ ).
Distance between the foci and the center of the ellipse ( $c$ ).

And there is the following relationship:

$c = \sqrt{a^{2}-b^{2}}$ (1)

Another variable that measure how "similar" is an ellipse to a circle is the eccentricity ( $e$ ), which is defined by the following formula:

$e = \frac{c}{a}$ , $0 \ge c \ge 1$ (2)

The greater the eccentricity, the more similar the ellipse to a circle.

Therefore, the ratio of the distance between the foci and the length of the major axis is called eccentricity. $\blacksquare$

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Answer:

$qurtile1 = (\frac{n + 1}{4})th \: item \\ = (\frac{15 + 1}{4})th \: item \\ = 4th \: item \\ quartile1 = 10 \\ now \\ quartile2 =( \frac{n + 1}{2})th \: item \\ = ( \frac{15 + 1}{2})th \: item \\ = 8th \: item \\ quartile2 = 18 \\ again \\ quartile3 = 3( \frac{n + 1}{4})th \: item \\ = 3( \frac{15 + 1}{4})th \: item \\ = 12th \: item \\ quartile3 = 40$