SOLUTION: In the ellipse {(x+1)^2/4^2} + {(y+1)^2/4^2} = 1 the semimajor and semiminor axes both have length 4. The foci are located ____ units away from the center at ____. (Enter

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Question 1204147: In the ellipse
{(x+1)^2/4^2} + {(y+1)^2/4^2} = 1
the semimajor and semiminor axes both have length 4.
The foci are located ____ units away from the center at ____. (Enter the coordinates as an ordered pair).
The eccentricity of the ellipse is ____.
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since the semi-axes have equal lengths, this ellipse is, ACTUALLY, a circle.

The foci are located at the center of this circle, which is the point (x,y) = (-1,-1).

The eccentricity of this ellipse is 0 (zero), since it is a circle.

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