The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 21CQ
Consider the method of drawing an ellipse pictured in figure 5.15. How would we modify this process to make the ellipse into a circle, which is a special case of an ellipse? Explain.
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