The Whisper Room What does this have to do with ellipses?
Jun 23, 2015
The Whisper Room
What does this have to do with ellipses?
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The Anatomy of The Ellipse
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The Pythagorean Property
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BY SYMMETRY
FOCAL RADII PROPERTY
Sketch each ellipse. Identify the length of the major and minor axes, the coordinates of the center, foci and vertices.
Sketch each ellipse. Identify the length of the major and minor axes, the coordinates of the center, foci and vertices.
A parabola has vertex (0, 0) and focus on a coordinate axis. Write the equation of the parabola if:
(b) the directrix is defined by the line y = 8.
(a) the focus is: (i) (4, 0) (ii) (-6, 0) (iii) (0, 3)
For each ellipse whose equation is given below
(i) Write the equation in standard form(ii) Determine the lengths of the major and minor axes, the coordinates
of the verticies, and the coordinates of the foci.(iii) Sketch a graph of the ellipse.