document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=878021>Question 878021</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the eccentricity of the ellipse (x+2)^2/36+(y-4)^2/11=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "eccentricity=c/a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2=a^2-b^2=36-11=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eccentricity=5/6 </SPAN>\n" );
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