SOLUTION: I need to find the foci and lengths of major and minor for this equation- x^2 over 16 + y^2 over 9 = 1 Please help! Thanks

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Question 613124: I need to find the foci and lengths of major and minor for this equation- x^2 over 16 + y^2 over 9 = 1
Please help! Thanks
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Presuming



Has a semi-major axis of , hence a major axis that measures . It has a semi-minor axis of , hence a minor axis that measures .

The foci are at and where . Note that for this particular ellipse, and

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