Pre Calculus Module 3 Part 1

An ellipse is one of the conic sections that most students have not encountered formally before, unlike circles and parabolas. Its shape is a bounded curve which looks like a flattened circle. The orbits of the planets in our solar system around the sun happen to be elliptical in shape. Also, just like parabolas, ellipses have reflective properties that have been used in the construction of certain structures (shown in some of the practice problems). We will see some properties and applications of ellipses in this section.

Topic: Definition and Equation of an Ellipse