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| Question 1039666:  An ellipse has a vertex at (4, 0), a co-vertex at (0, 2), and a center at the origin. Which is the equation of the ellipse in standard form?
 Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 
 The equation is  Where (h,k) = center = the origin = (0,0)
where "a" = the number of units from the 
center (0,0) to a vertex (4,0)
and
where "b" = the number of units from the 
center (0,0) to a covertex (0,2)
Edwin 
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