SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem! On a map of an amusement park, a ride has a track in the shape of an ellipse. The ellipse has vertices at (5,1) and (-5,1) and foci at (3,1) and (

Question 932627: Please help me with this problem! On a map of an amusement park, a ride has a track in the shape of an ellipse. The ellipse has vertices at (5,1) and (-5,1) and foci at (3,1) and (-3,1). Find the equation that can be used to describe the path of the ride.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Standard Form of an Equation of an Ellipse is
where Pt(h,k) is the center. (a variable positioned to correspond with major axis)
a and b are the respective vertices distances from center.
The foci distances from center: c = � where a > b
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vertices at (5,1) and (-5,1)

2 = �
4 = 25 - b^2
b^2 = 21
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