SOLUTION: find the standard equation of the ellipse,vertices (0,6), (0,-6) containing the point (3,2)

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Hi,

Recommend sketching it...

then using x^2/b^2 + y^2/36  = 1 & P(3,2) 

to find b = =  ± 3.18