SOLUTION: For the equation of the ellipse, find the coordinates of the CENTER, FOCI, and VERTICES. THEN GRAPH. 4x^2+9y^2-8x+36y+4=0 Please help I've been doing this homework for an hour

Question 688516: For the equation of the ellipse, find the coordinates of the CENTER, FOCI, and VERTICES. THEN GRAPH.
4x^2+9y^2-8x+36y+4=0
Please help I've been doing this homework for an hour.
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the equation of the ellipse, find the coordinates of the CENTER, FOCI, and VERTICES. THEN GRAPH.
4x^2+9y^2-8x+36y+4=0
complete the square
4x^2-8x+9y^2+36y+4=0
4(x^2-2x+1)+9(y^2+4y+4)=-4+4+36
4(x-1)^2+9(y+2)^2=36
(x-1)^2/9+(y+2)^2/4=1
This is an equation of an ellipse with horizontal major axis.
Its standard form: , a>b, (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of center
For given ellipse:
center:(1,-2)
a^2=9
a=√9=3
vertices: (1�a,-2)=(1�3,-2)=(4,-2) and (-2,-2)
b^2=4
b=√4=2
c^2=a^2-b^2=9-4=5
c=√5≈2.24
Foci:(1�c,-2)=(1�2.24,-2)=(3.24,-2) and (-1.24,-2)
see graph below:
y=�(4-(4(x-1)^2/9))^.5-2

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