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CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2 · Question 1(b)

State the name of the locus.

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  1. 1(a)Plot the locus of the point P.[5 marks]
  2. 1(c)(i)Sketch freehand an ellipse with minor and major axes of 50 mm and 100 mm respectively, and label the chord.[1.5 marks]
  3. 1(c)(ii)On the sketch of the ellipse, label the ordinate.[1.5 marks]
  4. 1(d)(i)Draw the grill, full size, clearly showing the construction of the ellipse.[9 marks]
  5. 1(d)(ii)Find the foci of the ellipse drawn in (i).[2 marks]

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