SOLUTION: how do you find the vertices and foci of an ellipse?

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Question 403321: how do you find the vertices and foci of an ellipse?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


That depends on what you know about the ellipse. What information do you have?


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