As per the trigonometric quadrant rule, the value of sin(80.99) is positive [∵80.99 lies in the first quadrant] and so is sin(99.19) [∵99.19 lies in the second quadrant].
Also, cos(80.99) is positive [∵80.99 lies in the first quadrant] and cos(99.19) is negative [∵90.99 lies in the second quadrant].
∴(cos(80.99)−cos(99.19)) is positive.
Note that the value of sin(80.99) is greater than that of sin(99.19). How?
The maximum value that sinθ can take is 1 when θ=90°. The angle 80.99 is closer to 90 in comparison to 99.19. Hence, the former is greater than the latter and their difference will be positive.
As both a and b are positive, the given curve is an Ellipse.
Also, as a is the difference of two values and b is the sum of two values, we can say that b>a. Therefore, the foci of this ellipse lies on the y axis.