SOLUTION: Find the equation of the ellips that has center (0,0), vertices (0,4) and (0,-4), and with eccentricity of 1/2.

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Question 1082538: Find the equation of the ellips that has center (0,0), vertices (0,4) and (0,-4), and with eccentricity of 1/2.
Answer by ikleyn(52814) About Me  (Show Source):
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x%5E2%2F8 + y%5E2%2F16 = 1.


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See the lesson
    - Ellipse definition, canonical equation, characteristic points and elements
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic
"Conic sections: Ellipses. Definition, major elements and properties. Solved problems".