Explanation Given: An ellipse is a set of points in a plane whose distance from two fixed points has a constant sum 2 a and the two fixed points are on the x -axis and are equidistant from the origin. Calculation: Let the two fixed points be F 1 ( c , 0 ) and F 2 ( − c , 0 ) . Consider a fixed point P on the y -axis having coordinates ( 0 , b ) such that P is equidistant from bot F 1 and F 2 and the distance is a . Note that the two points are on the x -axis and the point P is on the y -axis. Therefore, by pythagorus theorem b 2 + c 2 = a 2 . Consider a arbitrary point R ( x , y ) on the ellipse and without loss of generality let x , y > 0 . Diagramatically the condition is as shown below in Figure 1. From the Figure 1 observe that the distance F 2 R = ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 and the distance F 1 R = ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 . By the given defintion of the ellipse F 2 R + F 1 R = 2 a . Substitute F 2 R = ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 and F 1 R = ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 in F 2 R + F 1 R = 2 a and solve further. F 2 R + F 1 R = 2 a ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 + ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 = 2 a ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 = 2 a − ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 Take square on both sides and simplify. ( ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 ) 2 = ( 2 a − ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 ) 2 ( x + c ) 2 + y 2 = 4 a 2 + ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 − 4 a ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 4 a 2 + ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 − ( x + c ) 2 − y 2 = 4 a ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 4 a 2 + x 2 + c 2 − 2 x c − x 2 − c 2 − 2 x c = 4 a ( x − c ) 2 + y 2 Separate the square root term and rewrite the equation as follows

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