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What is the length of the minor axis of the following graph?

What is the length of the minor axis of the following graph?
ellipse through the points (5, 0), (0, 3), (negative 5, 0) and (0, negative 3)

asked Sep 9, 2014 in ALGEBRA 2 by tonymate Pupil

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From the graph, the ellipse is horizontal.

From the graph, co-vertices are (0, -3) and (0,3)

Distance between the co-vertices is the length of the minor axis.

2b = sqrt(((3-(-3))²+(0-0)²)

= 6

So length of the minor axis is 6.

So option A is correct

answered Sep 9, 2014 by bradely Mentor
selected Sep 9, 2014 by tonymate

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