SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: {{{ (x^2)/12 + (y^2)/16 = 1 }}}

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Question 804650: Please help me solve this equation: +%28x%5E2%29%2F12+%2B+%28y%5E2%29%2F16+=+1+
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


You cannot solve it. You can graph it, describe the graph of it, talk about the major and minor axes and the eccentricity, find the vertices and foci, and several other things. But "solve" makes no sense in this context because the solution set has infinite elements.

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