In an ellipse, the semimajor axis is a distance measured:
A) along the circumference between the closest point to and the farthest point from one focus.
B) along the shorter diameter from the center to the ellipse.
C) from focus to focus.
D) along the longer diameter from the center through one focus to the ellipse.
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