Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Conic Sections - 10.5 Exercises - Page 708: 15

Answer

The foci are $(\pm \sqrt{21},1)$ and the vertices are $(\pm 5,1)$

Work Step by Step

Recall: The ellipse $\frac{(x-h)^2}{a^2}+\frac{(y-k)^2}{b^2}=1$ for $a\geq b$ has the foci at $(\pm c+h,k)$ and the vertices at $(\pm a+h,k)$. We have $4x^2+25y^2-50y=75$ $4x^2+25y^2-50y+25=75+25$ $4x^2+25(y^2-2y+1)=100$ $4x^2+25(y-1)^2=100$ $\frac{4x^2+25(y-1)^2}{100}=1$ $\frac{x^2}{25}+\frac{(y-1)^2}{4}=1$ $\frac{(x-0)^2}{5^2}+\frac{(y-1)^2}{2^2}=1$ Then, $h=0$, $k=1$, $a=5$, and $b=2$ $c=\sqrt{a^2-b^2}=\sqrt{5^2-2^2}=\sqrt{21}$ So, the foci are $(\pm \sqrt{21},1)$ and the vertices are $(\pm 5,1)$.
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