SOLUTION: Write the equation of an ellipse if the major axis is 22 units long and is parallel to the x axis, the minor axis is 20 units long, and has a center at (9, 1)

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Question 1031566: Write the equation of an ellipse if the major axis is 22
units long and is parallel to the x axis, the minor axis
is 20 units long, and has a center at (9, 1)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write the equation of an ellipse if the major axis is 22
units long and is parallel to the x axis, the minor axis
is 20 units long, and has a center at (9, 1)
The equation of an ellipse with major axis parallel to 
the x-axis

is:



where the center is (h,k)
where a = one-half the major axis
and b = one-half the minor-axis.

Now all you have to do is substitute for h, k, a and b.

Edwin


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