SOLUTION: Find the equation of the ellips that has center (0,0), vertices (0,4) and (0,-4), and with eccentricity of 1/2.

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Question 1082538: Find the equation of the ellips that has center (0,0), vertices (0,4) and (0,-4), and with eccentricity of 1/2.

Answer by ikleyn(52817)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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+ = 1.


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See the lesson
    - Ellipse definition, canonical equation, characteristic points and elements
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
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The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic
"Conic sections: Ellipses. Definition, major elements and properties. Solved problems".



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