document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=612548>Question 612548</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the equation of the ellipse with the following properties.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercepts (2,0) and (-2,0); y-intercepts (0,4) and (0,-4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x-intercepts (2,0) and (-2,0); y-intercepts (0,4) and (0,-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is an ellipse with vertical major axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its standard form of equation: (x-h)^2/b^2+(y^2)/a^2=1, (a>b), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of center<BR>\n" );
document.write( "center: (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of vertical major axis=8=2a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of minor axis=4=2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2/4+y^2/16=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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