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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.
Describe the shape of the ellipse?
It's more of a stretched out circle.
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.
The shape of the orbit of each planet is a?
The shape of the orbit of each planet is an ellipse. An ellipse is a geometric shape that is like a flattened circle. The Sun is located at one of the foci of the ellipse, not at the center.
What shape has two foci's?
An ellipse, a hyperbola.
How does ellipse differ from a circle?
ellipse is the shape of an egg
Shape of the colosseum?
The Colosseum is in the shape of an ellipse.
What is the mathematical shape of an egg?
I think it's an ellipse. Ellipse is most likely the closest shape of an egg.
What is an elongates circle or oval shape called?
Any ellipse is an oval shape. But all ovals are not all ellipses, some are nothing in particular.
Is an ellipse a regular shape?
No.
What two points define the shape of the ellipse?
The two foci are necessary to define the location of an ellipse, but the shape depends on the eccentricity, which is related to the lengths of the two axes.
What is the shape of the 8kms curve?
an ellipse
Which shape has no corners?
A circle - or an ellipse !
Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?
The shape of Earth's orbit is an ellipse.
What shape of a planet orbits discovered by Kepler?
The shape is an "ellipse".
