SOLUTION: Write the equation of an ellipse with a major axis of length 8 and co-vertices (0, 3) and (0, -3).
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Question 777416: Write the equation of an ellipse with a major axis of length 8 and co-vertices (0, 3) and (0, -3).
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^2}{b^2}\ +\ \frac{(y\ -\ k)^2}{a^2}\ =\ 1)
is the equation of an ellipse centered at )
, and having a vertical major axis, where 
is the measure of the semi-major axis, and 
is the measure of the semi-minor axis.
The center of the ellipse is the midpoint of either the major or minor axis, and the measure of the semi-major axis is the distance from either endpoint to the midpoint, likewise for the semi-minor axis.
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The mid-point formulas:
and
The distance formula:
^2\ +\ (y_1\ -\ y_2)^2})
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