document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979651>Question 979651</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Find an equation of the ellipse that has center <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(&#8722;2,5) a minor axis of length 2 and a vertex at <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(&#8722;4,5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Find an equation of the ellipse having a major axis of length 6 and foci at <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6,3)and (2,3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #600953 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=zuproc66><B>zuproc66(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=zuproc66><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=600953\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ellipse is the locus point which moves so that the sum of its distances from two fixed points is constant and is equal to the length of the major axis (2a)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  General Eqn:  Ax^2 + Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Standard Eqn <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Center at origin C(0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    [(x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2)] =1 major axis - horizontal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    [(x^2/b^2) + (y^2/a^2)] =1 major axis - vertical\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Center at (h,k) C(h,k)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    [(x-h)^2/a^2) + ((y-k)^2/b^2)] =1 major axis - horizontal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    [(x-h)^2/b^2) + ((y-k)^2/a^2)] =1 major axis - vertical<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    note: a > b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now substituting values \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  ((x + 2)^2)/4) + ((y-5)^2)/5))=1  - eqn of the ellipse<BR>\n" );
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