The equation is .
Rewrite the above equation.
\Compare the above equation with polar equation of conic .
Here and
.
Since , the equation is ellipse.
The directrix of the ellipse .
The general equation of ellipse in rectangular form : .
The vertices are at the end points of the major axis.
\The vertices occur when and
.
Case 1 : When .
Substitute in the above equation.
Case 2 : When .
Substitute in the above equation.
The polar coordinates of the vertices are and
correspond to the rectangular coordinates are
and
.
The ellipse’s center is the midpoint of the segment between the vertices .
The distance between the center and each vertex is .
The distance from the center to the focus at
is
.
Substitute cooresponding values in .
.
Therefore, the equation of ellipse is .
The equation of ellipse is .