document.write( "Question 1198938: Consider the elipse 9x^2 + 36y^2=324. \r
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document.write( "\"x%5E2%2Fa%5E2%2By%5E2%2Fb%5E2=1\" if a > b or \"x%5E2%2Fb%5E2%2By%5E2%2Fa%5E2=1\" if a < b\r\n" );
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document.write( "So a2 = __, and a = __,\r\n" );
document.write( "   b2 = __, and b = __\r\n" );
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document.write( "For all ellipses, \"eccentricity=e=+c%2Fa\" where \"c%5E2=a%5E2-b%5E2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The foci are + or - c units left and right from the center (the origin).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The foci are (__,__) and (__,__).\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the eccentricity:\r\n" );
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