An ellipse has foci and and for every point on it the sum of distances to the foci is

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Problem

An ellipse has foci

F_{1}(3,0)

and

F_{2}(-3,0)

and for every point on it the sum of distances to the foci is

8

. With respect to this ellipse, the point

Q(2,1)

is (a) on the ellipse (b) coincident with a focus (c) inside the ellipse (d) outside the ellipse