Showing posts with label ellipse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ellipse. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Ellipse are simple!!

Are you aware that an ellipse is actually a simple object? Take two circles, and have one point on each orbit as below, and just trace the midpoint between them.
 

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Golden Arches

I have read and heard quite a bit over the years as to the curves in the Golden Arches of McDonald's.
Play around with this. It might clue you in, but it leaves a lot of stones unturned. Just drag the points to locations (anywhere, no special order) along the curve you are investigating, then click "show graph".