Find the Distance Between the Pole and the Vertices for the Conic

question 98

Multiple Choice

Find the distance between the pole and the vertices for the conic that has its focus at the pole and its directrix is units to the left of the pole and its eccentricity is .

• A) 4
• B) 0.1
• C) 0
• D) 1
• E) 0.4

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