SOLUTION: Give the slope of the asymptotes of the conic section x^2/144 + y^2/25=1

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Question 328448: Give the slope of the asymptotes of the conic section x^2/144 + y^2/25=1
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This is an ellipse. It doesn't have any asymptotes.

How do I know it is an ellipse?

If you have an term but no term (or vice versa) you have a parabola.

If the and the terms have opposite signs, you have a hyperbola (and you have asymptotes).

If the and the terms have identical coefficients, then you have a circle.

If (as in this case) the and the terms have unequal coefficients with the same sign, then you have an ellipse.

John