Ellipse
Example 6 Graph
Solution
The standard form of the ellipse is
This is an ellipse with center (h, k) and the right most and left most points are a distance of a away from the center and the top
most and bottom most points are a distance of b away from the center.
The ellipse for this problem has center (2, -2) and has and . Note that to get the b we’re really rewriting the equation as,
to get it into standard from.
Here’s a sketch of the ellipse.
**ART :
Standard equation of ellipse given above shows ( a is semi major axis and b is semi minor axis ). As per Kepler laws.
Semi major axis can also be said as bigger radius or x intercept.
Semi minor axis can also be said as smaller radius or y intercept.
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