SOLUTION: find the standard and general equation of the ellipse with the center at (0,0),vertex (16,0),focus (10,0).

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Question 1023458: find the standard and general equation of the ellipse with the center at (0,0),vertex (16,0),focus (10,0).
Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
is the standard form.
Here, a = 16/2 = 8, and c = 10/2 = 5.
Now for the ellipse, and so
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Hence is the standard form for this ellipse.
Now it would be a simple matter to transform this equation to its general form.

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