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MinorAxis

  

find the length of the minor axis of a given ellipse

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

center(e)

Parameters

e

-

an ellipse

Description

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The routine returns the length of the minor axis of the given ellipse e.

• 

The line segment through the center and perpendicular to the major axis is called the minor axis.

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The command with(geometry,MinorAxis) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withgeometry:

ellipsee1,2x2+y24x+4y=0,x,y:

MinorAxise1

23

(1)

See Also

geometry[center]

geometry[ellipse]

geometry[Equation]

geometry[foci]

geometry[MajorAxis]