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Find the eccentricity and equations of the directrices of the ellipse `(x^(2))/(100) + (y^(2))/ (36) = 1 ` . Show that the sum of the focal distances of any point on this ellipse is constant .

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`e = (4)/(5) ` and ` 2x = pm 25 `
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