
Blog Entry #104. (I thought I use a different font this time. I like Arial, but change is good, at least every once in a while. )
Objective of this blog entry: calculate the area of an ellipse (Fig. A), and then a section of an ellipse (Fig. B).
Normally, the equation given for an ellipse is:
x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1
I am going to use the parametric form
x = a cos t
y = b sin t
with 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 π
Let θ be the upper limit (angle) and the area is:
θ
∫ y dx =
0
θ
∫ y(t) x'(t) dt =
0
θ
∫ (b sin t) (a sin t) dt =
0
θ
∫ a b sin^2 t dt
0
Note: the antiderviatve of sin^2 t is 1/2 ( t - sin t cos t ).
Then:
θ
∫ a b sin^2 t dt =
0
a b [ 1/2 ( θ - sin θ cos θ ) - 1/2 ( 0 - sin 0 cos 0 ) ] =
1/2 a b ( θ - sin θ cos θ )
The area of an ellipse (up to angle θ , see Fig. B) is:
1/2 a b ( θ - sin θ cos θ )
To find the area of the entire ellipse, let θ = 2 π. Then:
A = 1/2 a b (2 π - sin (2 π) cos (2 π)) = π a b
That concludes is blog entry. Before I go, and before I forget: THANK YOU U.S. TROOPS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!
Eddie
Thanks for providing such useful information about ellipse .The formulas and their derivation which are provided here are very useful.
ReplyDeleteArea of an Ellipse
You are welcome Manoj.
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