If the eccentricity was 0 the ellipse would instead be a circle, and if the eccentricity was 1 it would be a straight line segment.
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An ellipse is the set of each and every point in a place such that the sum of the distance from the foci is constant, Major Axis of the ellipse is the part from side to side the center of ellipse to the larger axis, or the length of that sector. The major diameter is the largest diameter of an ellipse. Below equation is the standard ellipse equation: X2/a + Y2/b = 1, (a > b > 0)
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)
ax^2+by^2=k is an ellipse this is not in standard form which is x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1 but you will often see ellipses written this way. ellipses are also commonly written in their parametric form which is x=ccos(t) and y=dsin(t). finally a circle is a special case of an ellipse and if a b or k are 0 or negative it is not an ellipse. c and d can be positive but not 0.
Integers between 0 are -1 and +1
1/5 is between 0 and 1/2