Draw an ellipse using string and pins
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Draw the largest ellipse that will fit in the box below. |
Hint: The end points of the major and minor axis are at the midpoints of each side of the box. Find these points without measuring. See
Constructing a perpendicular bisector of a line segment at www.mathopenref.com/constbisectline.html
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