SOLUTION: write an equation of the given conic section with the givin informaton. ellipse with center (1,-3) and vertices (1,2) and (1,-8) and co verticies (4,-3)and (-2,-3) Thank you

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Question 449665: write an equation of the given conic section with the givin informaton.
ellipse with center (1,-3) and vertices (1,2) and (1,-8) and co verticies (4,-3)and (-2,-3)
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Answer by Gogonati(855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation of the ellipse with center (1, -3) is:

Since we have the endpoints of major and minor axis we can find their lengths:
, thus a=5
, thus b=3
The equation of ellipse is:.

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