Question

Sketch the following ellipse:
5x^2 + y^2 = 4
How do we put this into the form:
(x-h)^2/(a)^2 + (y-k)^2/(b)^2 = 1

Answer 1

you need A y or B x terms to get non-zero k or h
here divide by 4
rewrite 5/4 as 4/5 in the denominator.