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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (tkhunny):

Share how you managed that result, please.

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yes "a" is indeed 12 so what's "b"? we dunno but we know that the foci are at \(0, \pm 11\) thus |dw:1394234128793:dw| notice that the distance between the center of the ellipse and either foci is 11 units so \(\bf \textit{distance from center to foci}=c=\sqrt{a^2-b^2} \\ \quad \\ c^2=a^2-b^2\implies b=\sqrt{a^2-c^2}\qquad {\color{blue}{ a=12\qquad c=11}}\\ \quad \\\implies b=\sqrt{12^2-11^2}\)

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well, notice the major axis is over the y-axis, meaning the "a" component goes under the fraction with the "y" in it thus \(\bf \cfrac{(x-h)^2}{b^2}+\cfrac{(y-k)^2}{a^2}=1\implies\cfrac{(x-0)^2}{23}+\cfrac{(y-0)^2}{144}=1 \\ \quad \\ \implies \cfrac{x^2}{23}+\cfrac{y^2}{144}=1\)

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yw

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