SOLUTION: x^2/25+y^2/16=1 How to graph that ellipse?

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Question 299952: x^2/25+y^2/16=1
How to graph that ellipse?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the x and y intercepts.
To find the x-intercept, set y=0 and solve for x.




(-5,0) and (5,0)
To find the y-intercept, set x=0 and solve for y.




(0,-4) and (0,4)
Plot the points.


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Then sketch an ellipse fitting those points.

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