SOLUTION: Write an equation for the ellipse with endpoints of the major axis at ( 7,1) and ( -7,1) and end points of the minor axis at ( 0,5) and ( 0, -3).

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Question 318266: Write an equation for the ellipse with endpoints of the major axis at ( 7,1) and ( -7,1) and end points of the minor axis at ( 0,5) and ( 0, -3).
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The graph of the equation:



Is an ellipse centered at . Presuming , then is the measure of the semi-major axis and is the measure of the semi-minor axis.

Your center is at , major axis 14, and minor axis 8

So:







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