Conic Sections - ELLIPSE

To form an ellipse, the orientation of the cutting plane as it intersects the double napped cone is...

• Horizontal

• Parallel to one side of the cone

• Slightly tilted

• Vertical

The sum of the distances from the foci to any point on the ellipse is equivalent the length of the...

• Minor axis

• Major axis

• Covertex

• Vertex

The denotation used to indicate the distance from the center of the ellipse to the focus is...

• a

• b

• c

• f

The shorter axis of symmetry of an ellipse is called the...

• Major axis

• Minor axis

• Axis of symmetry

• Eccentricity

The endpoints of the major axis of an ellipse are called the...

• Vertices

• Covertices

• Foci

• Center

The endpoints of the minor axis of an ellipse are called the...

• Vertices

• Covertices

• Foci

• Center

The denotation used to indicate the distance from the center of an ellipse to the covertex is...

• a

• b

• c

• f

The equation that shows the relationship between the distances of the center the focus, vertex and covertex is...

• c² = a² + b²

• a² = b² + c²

• b² = a² + c²

The standard equation of a horizontal ellipse whose center is at (h, k) is...

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The standard equation of a vertical ellipse whose center is at (h, k) is...

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