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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.

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What two points define the shape of an ellipse

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Which two fixed point define the shape of an ellipse?

The two fixed points are the foci but these do not define the shape of the ellipse. You also need to know the eccentricity.


What is the point that helps to define an ellipse?

There are two points: the foci.


What is an oval shape centered on two points instead of one?

Ellipse.


What are two points inside a ellipse?

What are two points inside a ellipse


Is a point that helps to define an ellipse?

No there can never be a single point. But yes there are two such points called foci( each called focus) that helps to define an ellipse. An ellipse can then be defined as a curve which is actually the locus of all points in a plane,the sum of whose distances from two fixed points (the foci) is a given(positive)constant . This is further expressed mathematically to obtain the equation of an ellipse.


What is an oval shape with two points?

An ellipse? The shape described is not an exactly describable geometric shape, (), and as far as I know there is no name for it.


What does the word ellipse means?

Ellipse is a term for an oval. Specifically it is a shape where the sum of the distance of every point on the ellipse to two points, called the foci, is equal.


What shape has two foci's?

An ellipse, a hyperbola.


What two things does every ellipse have?

An ellipse have two focal points.


What is the two central points of an ellipse?

The two central points of an ellipse are officially known as the foci (plural of focus).


What is the name of a shape with 2 straight and 2 curved sides?

It is simply an elongated circle, possibly an oval but NOT an ellipse. It is not an ellipse because it has two straight sections. An ellipse is curved at all points along its perimeter.


Which two fixed points define the shape of a hyperbola?

the foci (2 focal points) and the distance between the vertices.

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