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Immediately. But the area ratio decreases slowly at first then more rapidly. The area of an ellipse is A=pi x a X b, a and b are the 1/2 major and 1/2 minor axis. If a = r = b the area is A=pi X r2 , which is a circle. Not hard to graph this....but you will have to write the area of the ellipse in terms of the circumference. There is no exact formula for this-- see: http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/ellipse.htm#elliptic
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What does an ellipse shape look like?
An ellipse is a closed curved shape that resembles a squashed circle. It has two distinct points called foci, and the sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the two foci is constant. The major axis is the longest diameter of the ellipse, while the minor axis is the shortest diameter.
What is a point equidistant from every point of the circle?
It is the center of the circle
What is the center point of a circle?
The point from which the circle is drawn IS the center.
What shape does a circle have?
A circle has a round shape in which every point on the circle is the same distance from one point called "the center". The center of a circle is not on the circle.
What is a point from where the points on the circle are of equal distances?
That point is known as the "center of the circle". Every circle has one.
