SOLUTION: Explain how to find the foci of an ellipse given the coordinates of its vertices and co-vertices?

SOLUTION: Explain how to find the foci of an ellipse given the coordinates of its vertices and co-vertices?

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Question 193077: Explain how to find the foci of an ellipse given the coordinates of its vertices and co-vertices?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use the equation where a and b are the vertices and co vertices and c is coordinate of the foci.
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