document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=728768>Question 728768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me put Vertices (-6,3), (-6,-23) and Foci (-6,-5), (-6,-15) into a standard form equation of an ellipse? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #447573 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=447573\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The foci give you a c value, and the vertices give you the a value.  The b value comes from the fact about ellipses, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2%2Bc%5E2=a%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2%2Bc%5E2=a%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, the midpoint of either the foci or the vertices on the main axis give the center point of the ellipse.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With those facts, you can fill in the values for the standard form equation,<BR>\n" );
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