Properties of ellipses

Alternative characterizations

Conic section property

Cylindrical section property

Constant sum property

Constant ratio property

Dilations property

Rectangular coordinate equation property

Polar coordinate equation property

Parametric equations property

 

Other properties

Reflection property

Area property

Circumference property


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