Question

A plot of land in the shape of a horizontal ellipse has a pole at each focus. The foci are 16 feet from the center. If the plot of land is 40 feet across one axis, how long is it across the other axis?

34 feet

46 feet

24 feet

30 feet

Answer 1

@rational

Answer 2

@Michele_Laino

Answer 3

@aaronq

Answer 4

@perl

Answer 5

@welshfella

Answer 6

Just give me the formula or something sigh:/

Answer 7

http://www.wolframalpha.com/widgets/view.jsp?id=5e7264477cf9b6b237a0d254cf0324e2

Answer 8

http://www.1728.org/ellipse.htm

Answer 9

@misty1212

Answer 10

so x^2/40+y^2/16?

Answer 11

ooops sorry thats wrong its