What are the foci of the ellipse given by the equation 100x2 + 64y2 = 6,400?
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Answer:
The ordinary equation of a ellipse is given as follows:[tex]\frac{ x^{2}}{a^{2}} + \frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1[/tex]
Being:
a: Semi-major axis
b: Semi-minor axis
Our equation is:
[tex]100 x^{2} + 64y^{2} = 6400[/tex]
Multiplying this equation by:
[tex] \frac{1}{(100)(64)} [/tex]
Then:
[tex]\frac{ x^{2}}{64} + \frac{y^{2}}{100} = 1[/tex]
We can see that:
[tex]a = \sqrt{100} = 10[/tex]
[tex]b = \sqrt{64} = 8[/tex]
Then the semi-major axis is on the y-axis, and the focus are located there, so:
[tex]F_{1} = (0,c)[/tex]
[tex]F_{2} = (0,-c)[/tex]
We also know that the relation between a, b and c is:
[tex]c^{2} = a^{2} - b^{2}[/tex]
[tex]c^{2} = 100 - 64 = 36[/tex]
[tex]c = \sqrt{36} = 6[/tex]
Then, the focus are:
[tex]F_{1}(0,6)[/tex]
[tex]F_{1}(0,-6)[/tex]
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