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What is an ellipse shape?
An elipse is like a circle that is a bit flattened.an ellipse is an oval.
What happens to the shape of an ellipse as the foci are moved closer together?
As the foci of an ellipse move closer together, the ellipse becomes more circular in shape. When the foci coincide, the shape is a circle. Note that circles are a subset of ellipses.
How is a sphere is different form an ellipse?
A sphere is three-dimensional whereas an ellipse is two-dimensional. An ellipse can have an oval shape but a cross section of a sphere is always circular.
A shape that has no straight edges?
a circleA pedantic edit:Also an ellipse or a wriggly loop.Any shape that has no straight edges is described as a curvilinear shape.
What is the shape of sides of a cone?
In a right circular cone the base is a circle and the sloped side is a sector of a circle. For a general cone, they are an ellipse and a sector of an ellipse.
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