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If a length of a line segment is 6 and another line segment is 8 how long is the major axis of the ellipse?
The answer will depend on what, if anything, the line segments have to do with the ellipse.
A closed curve shaped like an egg is called?
Common term is an oval Mathematical is an ellipse
The major difference between the equation for a hyperbola and for an ellipse is the operation performed?
Both the ellipse and the hyperbola has an x squared and a y squared term. In the ellipse, they are both positive. In the hyperbola, one of them is negative. Example: 3x^2 /36 + 5y^2 / 64 = 1 (ellipse) 3x^2 / 36 - 5y^2 / 64 = 1 (hyperbola)
Can the foci's of and ellipse be outside the ellipse?
No.
How does ellipse differ from a circle?
ellipse is the shape of an egg
What is the scientific term for ellipse?
That is precisely the scientific term: "ellipse".
What is an elispe?
An eclipse is an event in astronomy in which one object obscures another. An ellipse is a mathematical term for a curve on a plane surrounding two points. "Ellipse" is not a word in the English language.
What does the word ellipse means?
Ellipse is a term for an oval. Specifically it is a shape where the sum of the distance of every point on the ellipse to two points, called the foci, is equal.
Term used for the shape of the planets orbit?
Ellipse.
Another name for an oval shape?
Ellipse.
What term describes the red curve in the figure below?
Ellipse
What is another word with the similar meaning of semicircle?
Crescent. Ellipse.
What is the path an object around another object?
An orbit, which is an ellipse.
If a length of a line segment is 6 and another line segment is 8 how long is the major axis of the ellipse?
The answer will depend on what, if anything, the line segments have to do with the ellipse.
What path does the earth take around the sun?
In the absence of influence from the other planets and the Moon, it would be an ellipse. As it is, it's a slightly wobbly ellipse; I don't think there's a specific term for it. However, if this is a test question, "ellipse" is the word they're looking for.
When the denominator of the y2 term is greater than that of the x2 term Which is the major axis?
In the context of an ellipse, the vertical axis is the major axis.
Another word for oval referring to earths revolution around the sun?
Ellipse.
