Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 10 - Review Exercises - Page 817: 31

Answer

Ellipse

Work Step by Step

Standard form of an ellipse is $\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ In the given equation, it can be seen that the coefficients of $x^2$ and $y^2$ are having same sign . Thus, the graph of the given equation corresponds to an ellipse.
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