Thread: Complete the square.. and.

Okay I have to "little" problems to do like my teacher said .


1.) Complete the square to write the equation in standard form and sketch the graph.

x^2+4x+3y^2-5=0


2.) Determine an equation for an ellipse with center (5,2), semi major axis = 3, and one focus at (7,-2).

Originally Posted by Bradley55

1.) Complete the square to write the equation in standard form and sketch the graph.

x^2+4x+3y^2-5=0

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Now divide both sides by 9:



That's the equation of an ellipse with center at C(-2, 0) and the semi-axes and

Originally Posted by Bradley55

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2.) Determine an equation for an ellipse with center (5,2), semi major axis = 3, and one focus at (7,-2).

I assume that there is a typo:

You are supposed to know that the distance between the center and one focus of the ellipse is called the linear excentricity e. It is calculated by:



With your problem that means it is greater than a so a can't be the semi major axis.

The points C(5, 2) and F(7, -2) indicate an ellipse which has been rotated by 63.4° clockwise.

Before I do the calculations please check the wording of your problem.

Ooops.

The type was

(5,-2)

question again is.


Determine an equation for an ellipse with center (5,-2), semimajor axis = 3, and one focus at (7,2).

Originally Posted by Bradley55

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Determine an equation for an ellipse with center (5,-2), semimajor axis = 3, and one focus at (7,-2).

The distance between the center and the focus is 2, that means e = 2.

Therefore:



Plug in all the values you know into the general equation of an ellipse: