There are exactly two points on the ellipse whose distance from its centre is the same and is equal to . Then the eccentricity of the ellipse is |
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There are exactly two points on the ellipse whose distance from its centre is the same and is equal to . Then the eccentricity of the ellipse is |
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Since there are exactly two points on the ellipse whose distance from centre is same, the points would be either end points of the major axis or of the minor axis
But , so the points are the vertices of major axis
Hence,