Question

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
Find the standard form of the equation of the ellipse satisfying the given conditions. Foci: (0, -2), (0, 2); y-intercepts: -5 and 5

Answer 1

@Euler271 can you help me?

Answer 2

wish i could. never learned foci :$

Answer 3

is there anyone you know that can help?

Answer 4

@SolomonZelman could you help?

Answer 5

yes!

Answer 6

Do you know what the formula of the ellipse looks like?

Answer 7

No :(

Answer 8

Dang, I did this last year. Hold on let me think!

Answer 9

this right?

Answer 10

this is one of them, the horizontal i think

Answer 11

this link might be helpful.
http://www.mathopenref.com/ellipsefoci.html

Answer 12

yea it is the horizontal one idk which one im looking for!

Answer 13

ii dont get what im suppose to do

Answer 14

the foci is at the origin so h and k are 0 and 0, right?

Answer 15

b/c the foci are at (0,−2) and (0,2) the center is at the origin, so at least we know it looks like

Answer 16

yea