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Can you please help me with 54It says toFor the following exercises given the graph of the ellipse, determine its equation

Can you please help me with 54It says toFor the following exercises given the graph-example-1
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The ellipse intercepts are (0,7), (5,0), (0,-7) and (-5,0)

The general equation for an ellipse with center (0,0) and width 2a and height 2b is given by:


(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1

We can check in the graph and in the intercepts that a = 5 and b = 7.

Therefore we have:


(x^2)/(5^2)+(y^2)/(7^2)=1

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