DISCUSS: Is It an Ellipse A piece of paper is wrapped arounda cylindrical bottle, and

Chapter 11, Problem 72

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DISCUSS: Is It an Ellipse? A piece of paper is wrapped arounda cylindrical bottle, and then a compass is used to draw a circleon the paper, asshown in the figure.When the paper islaid flat, is the shapedrawn on the paperan ellipse? (Youdont need to proveyour answer, but youmight want to do theexperiment and seewhat you get.)

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