SOLUTION: The oval-shaped lawn behind the White House in Washington, D.C. is called the Ellipse. It has views of the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Department of Commerce,

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Question 1187811: The oval-shaped lawn behind the White House in Washington, D.C. is called the Ellipse. It has views of the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Department of Commerce, and the Old Post Office Building. The Ellipse is 616 ft long, 528 ft wide, and is in the shape of a conic section. Write an equation for the ellipse that can be used to represent the shape of the oval-shaped lawn.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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From the given data, calculate the semi-axes of the ellipse.

Having semi-axes calculated, write the canonical equation of the ellipse.

Everything in this problem is more than obvious.


About the canonical equation of an ellipse, you can read and learn from my lesson
    - Ellipse definition, canonical equation, characteristic points and elements
in this site.