A B Draw an ellipse on the grid above. Have the piece of paper on a piece of cardboard backing. Put thumbtacks or pushpins through the foci of your ellipse (the two black dots). Tie a loop of string goes around the thumbtacks and, when stretched tight, does not go beyond the right and left- hand-sides of the grid. Keeping the string taut around the thumbtacks and making sure it does not slip, draw the ellipse with a pencil,. that 1. Use a ruler to measure the lengths of the axes on your ellipse in cm or mm. Write down the lengths (& units): a. minor axis: b. semiminor axis: c. major axis: d. semi-major axis:_ (Review what the previous page says about the importance of the semi-major axis.) 3 What is the
A B Draw an ellipse on the grid above. Have the piece of paper on a piece of cardboard backing. Put thumbtacks or pushpins through the foci of your ellipse (the two black dots). Tie a loop of string goes around the thumbtacks and, when stretched tight, does not go beyond the right and left- hand-sides of the grid. Keeping the string taut around the thumbtacks and making sure it does not slip, draw the ellipse with a pencil,. that 1. Use a ruler to measure the lengths of the axes on your ellipse in cm or mm. Write down the lengths (& units): a. minor axis: b. semiminor axis: c. major axis: d. semi-major axis:_ (Review what the previous page says about the importance of the semi-major axis.) 3 What is the
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Draw an ellipse on the grid above. Have the piece of paper on a piece of cardboard backing. Put
thumbtacks or pushpins through the foci of your ellipse (the two black dots). Tie a loop of string
that goes around the thumbtacks and, when stretched tight, does not go beyond the right and left-
hand-sides of the grid. Keeping the string taut around the thumbtacks and making sure it does not
slip, draw the ellipse with a pencil,.
1. Use a ruler to measure the lengths of the axes on your ellipse in cm or mm.
Write down the lengths (& units): a. minor axis:
b. semiminor axis:
c. major axis:
d. semi-major axis:
(Review what the previous page says about the importance of the semi-major axis.)
3. What is the average distance from the ellipse to one of its foci?
Draw a straight line from the Sun (left focus, black dot) towards the letter A, stopping your line
from the Sun where it hits the ellipse. Do the same with a line from the Sun towards the letter B
(do not draw the line past the ellipse). The area in-between your two lines is a "swept area."
Lightly shade in your swept area (using a pencil, not a pen.)
4. What is the area of your swept area, in terms of grid squares?
grid squares
Draw another line from the Sun (left-hand focus dot) to the aphelion, the point on the ellipse
farthest from the Sun, on the right. Make that the beginning of a second swept area equal to the
first swept area.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F94589190-d7d8-41be-9c6e-d2d51b756765%2Ffc196e2e-1fde-49be-b259-66b49fa42765%2Fotb6qc4_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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B
Draw an ellipse on the grid above. Have the piece of paper on a piece of cardboard backing. Put
thumbtacks or pushpins through the foci of your ellipse (the two black dots). Tie a loop of string
that goes around the thumbtacks and, when stretched tight, does not go beyond the right and left-
hand-sides of the grid. Keeping the string taut around the thumbtacks and making sure it does not
slip, draw the ellipse with a pencil,.
1. Use a ruler to measure the lengths of the axes on your ellipse in cm or mm.
Write down the lengths (& units): a. minor axis:
b. semiminor axis:
c. major axis:
d. semi-major axis:
(Review what the previous page says about the importance of the semi-major axis.)
3. What is the average distance from the ellipse to one of its foci?
Draw a straight line from the Sun (left focus, black dot) towards the letter A, stopping your line
from the Sun where it hits the ellipse. Do the same with a line from the Sun towards the letter B
(do not draw the line past the ellipse). The area in-between your two lines is a "swept area."
Lightly shade in your swept area (using a pencil, not a pen.)
4. What is the area of your swept area, in terms of grid squares?
grid squares
Draw another line from the Sun (left-hand focus dot) to the aphelion, the point on the ellipse
farthest from the Sun, on the right. Make that the beginning of a second swept area equal to the
first swept area.
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