document.write( "Question 1161790: Find the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of the ellipse: 9x^2+4y^2-24y-72x-144=0 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of the lengths of the major and minor axes of an ellipse whose equation in standard form contains terms of $\"ax%5E2\"$ and $\"by%5E2\"$ is $\"sqrt%28a%2Fb%29\"$ .

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\n" ); document.write( "To find the LENGTHS of the major and minor axes, you need to work with the given equation to put it in some standard form. But you don't need to do that to find the RATIO of the lengths.

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