What is the area of an ellipse whose length is 24 metres and width is 3 metres?
The formula for the area of an ellipse is in fact very similar to that of a circle. Area = π ab where a is the semi major axis (half of the long side) and b is the semi minor axis (half the long side) In fact the area of a circle is a special case of this equation where both the semi major and semi minor are the same length (r) Area = πrr = πr² So the answer in this case is π x 24/2 x 3/2 = 18π = 56.
