document.write( "Question 1184208: Find the eccentric angle in the first quadrant of a point on the ellipse \"+x%5E2%2F10+%2B+y%5E2%2F8+=1+\" which is at the distance of 3 units from the center of ellipse? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "given:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the ellipse \"+x%5E2%2F10+%2B+y%5E2%2F8+=1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "a point is at the distance of \"3\" units from the center of ellipse\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let a point P(\"a%2Acos+%28theta%29\" ,\"b%2Asin%28theta%29\" ) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"a=sqrt%2810%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=sqrt%288%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " P(\"sqrt%2810%29cos%28theta%29\" ,\"sqrt%288%29sin%28theta%29\" ) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "its distance from (\"0\",\"0\") is \"3\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"10cos%5E2+%28theta%29+%2B8sin%5E2%28theta+%29=9\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"18sin%5E2%28theta+%29=9\"....divide by \"9\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"2cos%5E2%28theta%29+=1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%5E2%28theta%29+=1%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%28theta%29+=1%2Fsqrt%282%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"theta+=pi%2F4\"\r
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