SOLUTION: An ellipse has a vertex at (4, 0), a co-vertex at (0, 2), and a center at the origin. Which is the equation of the ellipse in standard form?

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Question 1039666: An ellipse has a vertex at (4, 0), a co-vertex at (0, 2), and a center at the origin. Which is the equation of the ellipse in standard form?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The equation is



Where (h,k) = center = the origin = (0,0)

where "a" = the number of units from the 
center (0,0) to a vertex (4,0)

and

where "b" = the number of units from the 
center (0,0) to a covertex (0,2)

Edwin
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