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The ellipse and its two foci

Power Mechanics · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

The ellipse as a locus, the major and minor axes, the two foci, and the pins-and-string method that proves the rule.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. What a locus is
  2. Constructing the basic loci
  3. The ellipse and its two foci
  4. The ellipse by concentric circles
  5. The ellipse by the trammel method
  6. What a cycloid is
  7. Constructing a cycloid
  8. Epicycloid and hypocycloid
  9. The involute of a circle
  10. The involute of a polygon
  11. The parabola by the rectangle method
  12. The parabola from focus and directrix
  13. The rectangular hyperbola
  14. The locus of a point on a two-link mechanism
  15. The locus of a point on a three-link mechanism
  16. Loci at work in power mechanics