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Pls help <3 Explain how to locate the foci of an ellipse from the graph.

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Answer:

First take the difference between the squares of the semi-major axis and the semi-minor axis: (13 cm)² - (5 cm)² = 144 cm².

Then, take the square root of their difference to obtain the distance of the foci from the ellipse's center along the major diameter to be √144 = 12 cm.

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