SOLUTION: how to graph x^2/25 + y^2/9 = 1

Question 805776: how to graph x^2/25 + y^2/9 = 1
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You may have been taught that an equation of the form

represents an ellipse centered at the orifgin,
whose axes of symmetry are the x- and y-axes.
Your ellipse obviously crosses the x-axis (where y=0) at
and .
It obviously crosses the y-axis (where x=0) at
and .
With that you can sketch like this

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