document.write( "Question 1136850: Find the standard form of the equation of the ellipse with the given characteristics. Center: (6, 7); a = 3c; foci: (2, 7), (10, 7) \n" ); document.write( "
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Find the standard form of the equation of the ellipse with the given characteristics. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Center: (\"6\", \"7\");
\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+3c\";
\n" ); document.write( "foci: (\"2\", \"7\"), (\"10\", \"7\") \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The equation of an ellipse is :\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-h%29%5E2%2Fa%5E2%2B%28y-k%29%5E2%2Fb%5E2=1\" for a horizontally oriented ellipse and \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-h%29%5E2%2Fb%5E2%2B%28y-k%29%5E2%2Fa%5E2=1\" for a vertically oriented ellipse.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(\"h\",\"k\") is the center and the distance\"+c\" from the center to the foci is given by \"a%5E2-b%5E2=c%5E2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"a\" is the distance from the center to the vertices and \"b+\"is the distance from the center to the co-vertices.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The center of the ellipse is (\"6\", \"7\")=>\"h=6\" and \"k=7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a\" is the distance between the center and the vertices, so \"a=9\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c\" is the distance between the center and the foci, and foci is at (\"2\", \"7\"), (\"10\", \"7\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance from \"6\" to \"2\" is \"4\", and distance from \"6\" to \"10\" is \"4\"
\n" ); document.write( "so \"c=4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since \"a+=+3c\", we have \"a+=+3%2A4\"=>\"a+=+12\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now find \"b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"12%5E2-b%5E2=4%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"12%5E2-4%5E2=b%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"144-16=b%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2=128\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-6%29%5E2%2F144%2B%28y-7%29%5E2%2F128=1\" for a horizontally oriented ellipse\r
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