We begin by looking at the definition of an oval, or as it is more formally known, an ellipse. An ellipse is the set of all points $(x, y)$ in the plane such that the sum of the distances from $(x, y)$ to two fixed points is some constant.
We begin by looking at the definition of an oval, or as it is more formally known, an ellipse. An ellipse is the set of all points $(x, y)$ in the plane such that the sum of the distances from $(x, y)$ to two fixed points is some constant.