Question

PLEASE HELP!!! Find the length of the major axis and the length of the minor axis: (x-5)^(2)/4+(y+3)^(2)/16=1

Answer 1

major axis has length 4, minor axis has length 2 i think

Answer 2

thank you!! how did you find it?

Answer 3

i looked at the denominators

the square root of 16 is 4
the square root of 4 is 2

Answer 4

oh thats it? :) thanks
can you help me with another problem similar to this?

Answer 5

@satellite73 just posted

Answer 6

@satellite73 do u see it? :)

Answer 7

i'll looki

Answer 8

@satellite73 actually the answer is 8 and 4 — what you gave were the semi{major,minor} axes, which go from the center to the vertices.

I've attached a plot of the ellipse, you can see that the major vertices are at (5,1) and (5,-7) so the distance between them is 8, not 4.

Answer 9

thank you :)