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-A carpenter wants to cut the largest possible ellipse from a 1 ft by 17 ft rectangular board. After the foci are located, a string is connected to them and pulled taut by a pencil in order to draw the ellipse. Find the length of
The string.
A) 17 ft
B) 34 ft
C) 1 ft
D) 2 ft

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The length of the string must be equal to the major axis of the ellipse, which is the length of the rectangular board, 17 ft.

Solve. -A Carpenter Wants to Cut the Largest Possible Ellipse from from a 1