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Find an equation in standard form for the ellipse with the vertical major axis of length 18, and minor axis of length 6.

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asked Aug 7, 2014 in CALCULUS by Tdog79 Pupil

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The ellipse is vertical.

Consider the center of ellipse = (0,0)

Standard form of vertical ellipse with center at origin is

Where

a = length of semi major axis

b = length of semi minor axis

In this case

Substitute the a,b values in above standard form.

Therfore, the ellipse equation is

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