SOLUTION: What is the equation of the ellipse with vertices (6, 0), (-6, 0) and co-vertices (0, 2), (0, -2)?

Question 399133: What is the equation of the ellipse with vertices (6, 0), (-6, 0) and co-vertices (0, 2), (0, -2)?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation of the ellipse with vertices (a, 0), (-a, 0) and co-vertices (0, b), (0, -b) is

in this problem the ellipse with vertices (6, 0), (-6, 0) and co-vertices (0, 2), (0, -2), so a=6, b=2

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