SOLUTION: What is the length of the minor axis of the ellipse whose equation is x squared plus 4 y squared equals 64 space ?

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Question 1120795: What is the length of the minor axis of the ellipse whose equation is x squared plus 4 y squared equals 64 space ?

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What is the length of the minor axis of the ellipse whose equation is x squared plus 4 y squared equals 64 space ?
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x%5E2%2B4y%5E2=64
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x%5E2%2F64%2By%5E2%2F16=1

x%5E2%2F%288%5E2%29%2By%5E2%2F%284%5E2%29=1
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Compare to x%5E2%2Fa%5E2%2By%5E2%2Fb%5E2=1, in which b is semi-minor axis.

length of semi-minor axis, 4.
Length of entire minor axis, 8.