How to Hand Draw an Ellipse

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SOLVED: A piece of paper is wrapped around a cylindrical bottle, and then a compass is used to draw a circle on the paper, as shown in the figure. When the paper is laid flat, is the shape drawn on the paper an ellipse? (You don't need to prove your answer, but you may want to do the experiment and see what you get.) CAN'T COPY THE FIGURE | Numerade