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Question about ellipses

5:50 PM, Sunday February 23rd 2020

In Lesson1 where it discusses ellipeses, there is a section called "The minor axis". In this section you have an image that describes what you're talking about. My issue is that you label one end as the minor axis when it looks like the major axis. I'm under the impression that the minor axis is the axis with the shortest distance between each other. The part in the image you label as minor is on the major side.

At least that is how it looks to me. I know I didn't clarify but it's the best I can do. I know an image would help but I don't see a way to submit one.

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6:56 PM, Sunday February 23rd 2020

Can you link to the image in question? I'm not seeing any images on that page that show what you are describing with mislabeled axes.

7:40 PM, Sunday February 23rd 2020
edited at 7:42 PM, Feb 23rd 2020

https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/minoraxis

https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/1143e3e3.jpg

Where it says "Both ellipses on either en of the cylinder align to the same minor axis", there's two arrows pointing to each ellipse. I'm guessing the TheAngryHulk is seeing these arrows as pointing to the major axis of the ellipses (which they arent, the bottom ellipse doesn't even have the major axis drawn).

EDIT: The edit button doesn't work right after posting a reply. Have to reload the page for it to work. This is on Firefox 71.0.

edited at 7:42 PM, Feb 23rd 2020
1:18 PM, Tuesday February 25th 2020

Thank uou. I rushed the question so I didn't even think to use the links inside the lessons. I guess I just misunderstood what the arrows were pointing to.

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