SOLUTION: is this conic a circle, ellipse, hyperbola, or parabola? x^2+4y^2-6x+20y-2=0

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Question 694971: is this conic a circle, ellipse, hyperbola, or parabola?
x^2+4y^2-6x+20y-2=0

Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ellipse.
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It is centered at (3,-5/2), with a semi-major axis of length 6, parallel to the x-axis, and a semi-minor axis of length 3, parallel to the y axis.

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