A carpenter is cutting a 6-ft by 5-ft elliptical sign from a 5-ft by 6-ft piece of plywood. The ellipse will be drawn using a string attached to the board at the foci of the ellipse. a) What is the equation of the ellipse? b) How far from the ends of the board should the string be attached? c) How long should the string be?
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Since the plywood is a rectangle, the major and minor axes are simply the lengths of the sides that are being used to cut the ellipse, which are 6 ft and 5 ft, respectively. Show more…
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