They are 80 feet apart.
It is given that major axis is 82 feet and a minor axis is 18 feet.
To find distance between the 2 people.
What is ellipse?
A closed plane curve generated by a point moving in such a way that the sums of its distances from two fixed points is a constant.
It is given that major axis is 82 feet and a minor axis is 18 feet.
Semi-major axis=41 ft
semi-minor axis =9 ft
focus (distance between the 2 people)=?
[tex]c^{2} =41^{2} -9^{2} \\\\c^{2} =1681-81\\\\c=\sqrt{1600} \\\\c=40 ft[/tex]
Total focus = 40*2=80 ft.
So, they are 80 feet apart.
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