Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 9:25pm.
for any ellipse of the form
x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1
the area of the ellipse is (ab)pi
so if the minor axis is 2 inches, then b=1
abpi = 4.17
api = 4.17
a = 4.17/pi = 1.32735
so the major axis or 2a is 2.6547 units long.
check with this:
http://www.csgnetwork.com/areaellipse.html
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