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The focus and corresponding directrix of an ellipse are and respectively. If the eccentricity of the ellipse is , then the coordinates of the centre of the ellipse are
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Let, the lengths of the semi-major axis and semi-minor axis of the ellipse are & respectively, then the distance of the focus from the corresponding directrix is equal to
Distance between the focus and centre
The slope of the axis of the ellipse is
or
The points on the axis of the ellipse at a distance units from are
Points are or , but the centre is because it is far from the directrix as compared to .
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