Answer:
The area of an ellipse is given by the formula: A = πab, where a is the major axis and b is the minor axis.
Given that the major axis is 10 cm (2a) and the area is 62.8 cm^2, we can set up the following equation:
62.8 = π(10/2)(b)
To solve for b, we can divide both sides of the equation by (10/2) and then divide by π:
b = (62.8 / (10/2)) / π
b = (62.8 / 5) / π
b = 12.56 / π ≈ 4 cm
So, the minor axis is 4 cm.