The curved edge of the door mat below is half an ellipse, a "semi-ellipse". As shown in the figure below, the flat edge of the door mat measures 168 cm and the distance from the center (on the flat edge) to the curved edge is 62 cm, The distance from point p to the curved edge is 19 cm. Find the distance from p to the center. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Do not round any intermediate computations. 168 cm- center cm 62 cm 19 cm

The curved edge of the door mat below is half an ellipse, a "semi-ellipse". As shown in the figure below, the flat edge of the door mat measures 168 cm and the distance from the center (on the flat edge) to the curved edge is 62 cm, The distance from point p to the curved edge is 19 cm. Find the distance from p to the center. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Do not round any intermediate computations. 168 cm- center cm 62 cm 19 cm

Intermediate Algebra

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Chapter11: Conics

Section11.3: Ellipses

Problem 143E: In your own words, define an ellipse and write the equation of an ellipse centered at the origin in...

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