Talk:Conic sections

Latest comment: 17 years ago by Historybuff in topic ellipse

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The description at MathWorld seems to indicate that in the equation

 

"a" is the half the length of the major axis and "b" is half the length of the minor axis.
--JWSchmidt 13:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

After reviewing the material on Mathworld carefully, I agree with JWS. I'm going to change the page. Historybuff 15:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
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