Question

Which of the following equations will produce the graph shown below?

Answer 1

oops... jumped the gun a bit...
what conic is this a pix of?

Answer 2

um an ellipse?

Answer 3

why the question mark? are you uncertain that it's an ellipse?

Answer 4

it's an ellipse. (:

Answer 5

ok...
that meas you can eliminate which two equations...???

Answer 6

*means

Answer 7

The first and third equations

Answer 8

good...

Answer 9

now look at the graph...
the major axis is vertical or horizontal...???

Answer 10

Vertical

Answer 11

good...
so the a^2 will be under the y^2 term... like your previous problem... what's a= ???

Answer 12

a=8

Answer 13

ok... so a=8, a^2 = 64 will be under the y^2 term...
but that doesn't help us becuase both havea 64 under the y^2 term...

do you know what to look for now?

Answer 14

I have to look for what b is, which is 6

Answer 15

yes....:)
b^2 = ???

Answer 16

36

Answer 17

so there you go... which is the correct choice?

Answer 18

D

Answer 19

nice job man! :)

Answer 20

Thanksss again! ****woman (;

Answer 21

oops... sorry... nice job miss... :)