Question

An ellipse is defined as a curve traced by a point which has the sum of distances between any two fixed points always same in the same plane.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

I'd like to ask this question from Construction of Ellipse topic in section Geometrical Construction of Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

Easiest explanation: An ellipse can also be defined as a curve that can be traced by a point moving in the same plane with the sum of the distances between any two fixed points always same. The two fixed points are called as a focus.