SOLUTION: how do you find the horizontal axis length and the vertical axis length of an ellipse Thank you,

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Question 878581: how do you find the horizontal axis length and the vertical axis length of an ellipse


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Standard Form of an Equation of an Ellipse is %28x-h%29%5E2%2Fa%5E2+%2B+%28y-k%29%5E2%2Fb%5E2+=+1+
where Pt(h,k) is the center. (a variable positioned to correspond with major axis)
a and b are the respective vertices distances from center
and ±sqrt%28a%5E2-b%5E2%29are the foci distances from center: a > b
The Larger denominator is a, length of the major axis is 2a
The Smaller denominator is b, length of the minor axis is 2b