The standard form of an ellipse centered at the origin with major and minor axes of lengths and
(where
) is
.
Where,
\The distance between center and vertex is .
The distance between center and focus is .
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The equation of ellipse is .
Write the equation in standard form.
\The ellipse is .
Since the denominator of - term is larger than the denominator of
- term, the major axis is vertical.
Compare it with .
Center of the ellipse : .
.
Vertices of the ellipse : .
Focus of the ellipse : .
Graph the ellipse.
\Graph the equation .
Plot the center point .
Plot the focus points and
.
Plot the vertex points and
.
Plot the two points above and below the center and
.
Center of the ellipse : .
Vertex of the ellipse : and
.
Graph of the ellipse is :