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If the latus rectum of an ellipse is equal to the half of minor axis, then find its eccentricity.

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according to given `(2b^2)/a=b => 2b=a`
`b=a/2`
we know that `c^2=a^2-b^2 = a^2-a^2/4 = 3a^2/4`
`c/a =sqrt3/2`
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