Ellipse Word Problem Help!

[ehmuhleewu]

In a room shaped like an ellipse, something whispered at 1 focus can be clearly heard at the other focus. The US Capitol National Statuary Hall in Washington, DC is such a whispering gallery. If the elliptical pattern of this whispering gallery is 92 feet long by 58 feet wide, how far from the whisperer at 1 focus is the listener at the other focus?

please include step by step explanations for the solution to this problem!! thanks

 

[tkhunny]

The first step on this website is for you to show what you have done. No one can help you if no one knows whwer to start.

You have a Major Axis length and a Minor Axis length. Do those two pieces of information do any good?