PreCalculus

Ellipse Questions
Use the information provided to write the standard form equation of each ellipse,

1) 9x2+4y2+72x-Sy-176=O 2) 16x2 + y2-64x+4y+4=O

3) Vertices: (-6, 4), (-6,-24) 4) Vertices: (7, 20), (7,-4)

Co-vertices: (4,-10), (-16,-10) Co-vertices: (15, 8), (-1, 8)

5) Vertices: (-10, 5), (-10,-5) 6) Vertices: (-6, 12), (-6,-14)

Foci: (-10, 4), (-10,-4) Foci: (-6, 11), (-6,-13)

7) Foci: (-7, 4), (-7,-6) 8) Foci: (-3, 4), (-3,-6)

Co-vertices: (5,-1), (-19,-1) Co-vertices: (9, -1), (-15, -1)

9) Foci: (-3, 1), (-3,-5) 10) Foci: (0, 2), (0,-6)

Endpoints of major axis: (-3, 3), (-3,-7) Endpoints of major axis: (0, 3), (0,-7)

11) Foci: (-1, -5), (-1, -15) 12) Foci: (-4, 2), (-4,-22)
Endpoints of minor axis: (11,-10), (-13,-10) Endpoints of minor axis: (1,-10), (-9, -1 O)
13) Center: (3, 10) 14) Center: (-2, 1 O)
Vertex: (3, -3) Vertex: (-2, 5)
Focus: (3, 5) Focus: (-2, 6)

15) Center: (2, 10) 16) Center: (6, 10)

Focus: (2, 14) Focus’ (18, 10)
Co-vertex: (5, 1 O) Co-vertex: (6, 5)

17) Endpoints of major axis: (16, 10), (-8, 10) 18) Endpoints of major axis: (-4, 4), (-14, 4)
Endpoints of minor axis: (4, 20), (4, 0) Endpoints of minor axis: (-9, 8), (-9, 0)

19) Major axis is horizontal 20) Major axis is horizontal

Center: (-5,-8) Center: (-5, 7)
Major axis is 20 units long Major axis is 16 units long
Minor axis is 2 units long Minor axis is 6 units long

21) 22)
y

’5 -4 -2
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23) Eccentricity- 24) Eccentricity=-
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Foci: (-1, 0), (-11, 0) Foci: (13,-1), (7,-1)

4 12
25) Eccentricity=- 26) Eccentricity-
5 13
Center: (-7,-1) Center: (-4,-1)
Vertex: (-12,-1) Vertex: (-17,-1)

Identify the center, vertices, co-vertices, foci, and eccentricity of each. Then sketch the graph.

27) (x + 1)2+ y2
=1
16 -1
28) +
y 36 16

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 Answers to Ellipse Questions
(X+4)2 (y--l)2
+ (X- 2)2 (y + 2)2 (x + 6)2 (y + 10)2
1) -1 2) + -1 3) + =1
36 81 4 64 100 196
(X- 7)2 (y- 8)2 (x + 6)2 (y+ 1)2
4) + -1 5) (X+10)2 y2 +---1 6) + -1
64 144 9 25 25 169
(X + 7)2 (y + 1)2 (X+3)2 (y+ 1)2 (X + 3)2 (y + 2)2
7) + =1 8) + -1 9) + -1
144 169 144 169 16 25
2
X (y + 2)2 (x + 1)2 (y + 10)2 (x + 4)2 (y+ 10)2
10) --+ -1 11) + =1 12) =1
9 25 144 169 25 169
13)
(x-3) +
(y- lo) =1 14)
(X + 2)2 (y - 10)2
=1
(X- 2)2 (y - 10)2
+ 15) + =1
144 169 9 25 9 25
(X-6)2 (y- 10)2 (x-4)2 (y-10)2. (X+ 9)2 (y-4)2
16) + =1 17) + =1 18) + -1
169 25 144 100 25 16
19) (x + 5)2 + (y q- 8)2= 1 (x + 5)2 (y- 7)2 X
2 2
20) + -1 21) + Y-~-- 1
100 64 9 49 36
2 2
X (y-4)2 (x + 6)2 y (x - 10) 2 (y + 1)2
22) --+ -1 23) + -1 24) + =1
36 9 169 144 25 16
(x + 7)2 (y + 1)2 (X + 4)2 (y+ 1)2
25) + -1 26) + -1
25 9 169 25
27) 28)
Y Center: (-1, 0) ~y
Center: (21--, -1)
Vertices: (3, 0)
(-5, o) Vertices: (~,-1)
Co-vertices: (-1, 1)
(-1, -i) (--~-,-1)
>.Foci: (-1 + "Q~-, O)
1
X (-1 - "~i7-, 0)
Eccentricity: --~ ~ 0.968

Eccentricity: -~-- ~ 0.745

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