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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the points on the ellipse 4x^2+y^2= 4 that are farthest away from the point (1; 0)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

There should be two x points I think. I think I need to use the distance formula.. set y = sqrt ( 4-4x^2) what else do i do now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is this a calculus problem?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is optimization ,so yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1351737213211:dw| do you understand how i got the expression for "d", the distance?

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