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If the eccentricity of an ellipse is `5/8` and the distance between its foci is `10 ,` then find the latusrectum of the ellipse.

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`e=5/8`
`2c=10`
`c=5`
`e=c/a`
`5/8=5/a`
`a=8`
`b^2=a^2(1-e^2)`
`b^2=8^2[1-25/64]`
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