How to find an equation of an ellipse?
Find the equation of an ellipse with the following.
$Center: (0,0)\ Focus: (3,0)\ Vertex: (-4,0)$
a
is the distance from the origin of the ellipse
c
is the distance from the origin to the foci
$ a = 4 $
$ c = 3 $
$ foci = (3,0), (-3,0) $
${b}^{2} = {a}^{2}-{c}^{2}$
${b}^{2} = {4}^{2}-{3}^{2}$
${b}^{2} = 16-9$
${b}^{2} = 7$
Remember the standard form of an ellipse?
$\frac { { x }^{ 2 } }{16} +\frac { { y }^{ 2 } }{ 7 } =1$