Latus Rectum
Latus Rectum is defined as the line segments perpendicular to the major axis of the ellipse and passing through any of the foci in such a manner that their endpoints always lie on the ellipse.
The length of the Latus Rectum is defined in the diagram given below.
Length of the latus rectum for the ellipse is,
L = 2b2/a
where,
a is the minor axis
b is the major axis.
Ellipse
An ellipse is the locus of all points on a plane with constant distances from two fixed points in the plane. The fixed points encircled by the curve are known as foci (singular focus). The constant ratio is the eccentricity of the ellipse and the fixed line is the directrix. In this article, we will learn about the ellipse in detail.