{"id":418,"date":"2019-07-15T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakercollegealgebracorequisite\/chapter\/introduction-the-ellipse\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T23:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T23:49:30","slug":"introduction-the-ellipse","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ntcc-collegealgebracorequisite\/chapter\/introduction-the-ellipse\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to The Ellipse","rendered":"Introduction to The Ellipse"},"content":{"raw":"

What you\u2019ll learn to do: Evaluate, graph, and solve problems involving ellipses<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"488\"]\"A Figure 1.<\/b> The National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. (credit: Greg Palmer, Flickr)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nCan you imagine standing at one end of a large room and still being able to hear a whisper from a person standing at the other end? The National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.\u00a0is such a room.[footnote]Architect of the Capitol. http:\/\/www.aoc.gov<\/a>. Accessed April 15, 2014.[\/footnote]\u00a0It is an oval-shaped room called a whispering chamber<\/em> because the shape makes it possible for sound to travel along the walls. In this section, we will investigate the shape of this room and its real-world applications, including how far apart two people in Statuary Hall can stand and still hear each other whisper.","rendered":"

What you\u2019ll learn to do: Evaluate, graph, and solve problems involving ellipses<\/h2>\n
\"A<\/p>\n

Figure 1.<\/b> The National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. (credit: Greg Palmer, Flickr)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Can you imagine standing at one end of a large room and still being able to hear a whisper from a person standing at the other end? The National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.\u00a0is such a room.[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0It is an oval-shaped room called a whispering chamber<\/em> because the shape makes it possible for sound to travel along the walls. In this section, we will investigate the shape of this room and its real-world applications, including how far apart two people in Statuary Hall can stand and still hear each other whisper.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t

Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
CC licensed content, Original<\/div>