Hello!
So it looks like I was doing it right overall but just had some arithmetic errors I glanced over when it came to the finding the major axis. The math makes sense to me know thanks to you!:smile:
Thanks a lot for the help!
-anomie
Ok, sweet, things are starting to make more sense. Thanks for the great help!:smile:
I was easily able to get the minor axis. As for the major axis, I'm not getting the right results. I tried using the right triangle that is formed on the ellipse with the sides being the semi-minor and...
Thanks for the quick reply!
I'm imagining the process to get the major and minor radius of the ellipse would go something like this: Get the points of each sphere that touch the plane from above and below. This will be the foci of your ellipse, which in turn you can formulate the equation of...
Hello,
So I'm doing some independent study and I'm at a loss for this problem.
Homework Statement
Let's say we have an ellipse of the form (x2)/a + (y2)/b = 1 which we obtain by slicing a plane through a right circular cone with an opening angle of \theta (a fixed constant). We know...