SOLUTION: please help me write an equation for an ellepse with endpoints of the major axis at (4,1) and (-6,1) and endpoints of the minor axis at (-1,3) and (-1,-1).

Algebra ->  Quadratic-relations-and-conic-sections -> SOLUTION: please help me write an equation for an ellepse with endpoints of the major axis at (4,1) and (-6,1) and endpoints of the minor axis at (-1,3) and (-1,-1).      Log On

Hi

Standard Form of an Equation of an Ellipse is   where Pt(h,k) is the center and 

vertices are determined by distance of a and b from center

 C(-1,1): a = 5  and b = 2