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3.1.41 Curves of the 2nd order

condition: On the line \( x+5=0 \) find a point equally distant from the left focus and the upper vertex of the ellipse \( x^{2} / 20+y^{2} / 4=1 \).

Study of curves of the second order and their characteristics. Ellipse, hyperbola, parabola. Finding eccentricities, foci, focal radii, major and minor axes, including imaginary, canonical equations and plotting.

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