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BlakeThe simple answer is that an ellipse is a squashed circle.
A more precise answer is that an ellipse is the locus (a collection) of points such that the sum of their distances from two fixed points (called foci) remains a constant. A circle is the locus of points that are all the same distance from a fixed point. If the two foci are moved closer together, the ellipse becomes more and more like a circle and finally, when they coincide, the ellipse becomes a circle. So, a circle is a special case of an ellipse.
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What is the difference between a circlee and an ellipse?
A circle is perfectly round and an ellipse is oval.
What are the difference between circle and ellipse between circle and ellipse?
An ellipse is a shape on which the sum of the distances from every point to two points inside called the foci (focuses) is always the same number. A circle is an ellipse with both foci (focuses) at the same point.
What is the difference between a circle and an ellipse?
-- the eccentricity or -- the distance between the foci or -- the ratio of the major and minor axes
What is the major difference between the equation for a hyperbola and for an ellipse?
ellipse are added hyperbola are subtracted
Explain the difference between the constant of a hyperbola and the constant of an ellipse?
In contrast, for an ellipse it is the ''sum'' of these distances that is a constant
