Question

For an ellipse whose major axis is horizontal, how does the value of a compare to the distance from the vertices on the horizontal axis to the center?

Answer 1

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/ellipse/images/standard-form-equation-ellipse.gif

Answer 2

i dont get it

Answer 3

well, the exercises is under the assumption you do know or already covered what an ellipses is and its equation

Answer 4

that in the picture, is a "horizontal traverse axis" ellipse, it has a center and an "a" and "b" elements clearly showing