Another One Of Taylor's Blogs

The following is part one of my notes on lesson 6.3.

In this lesson we will be doing the easier parts of finding the parts of the equation.

The one we will be doing are in this form

x^2/a+y^2/b=1

We will by finding the minor and major axis and the length of the major and minor axis.

Equations
Length of major 2 square root of lager denom.
Length of minor 2 square root of smaller denom.

Lets do some example problems

Find the minor and major axis and the length of the major and minor axis of x^2/9+y^2/25=1

First we will identify the major and minor axis. In this case the major axis is y and the minor axis is x.

2 square root of 25= 2 x 5= 10 Then we simply plug the major axis’s denominator into this equation and solve it to find the length of the major axis.

2 square root of 9= 2 x 3= 6 Then we simply plug the minor axis’s denominator into this equation and solve it to find the length of the minor axis.

And your answers will be major axis= y, minor axis= x, length of the major axis= 10, length of the minor axis= 6. Lets do one more!

Find the minor and major axis and the length of the major and minor axis of x^2/81+y^2/36=1

First we will identify the major and minor axis. In this case the major axis is x and the minor axis is y.

2 square root of 81= 2 x 9= 18 Then we simply plug the major axis’s denominator into this equation and solve it to find the length of the major axis.

2 square root of 36= 2 x 6= 12 Then we simply plug the minor axis’s denominator into this equation and solve it to find the length of the minor axis.

And your answers will be major axis= x, minor axis= y, length of the major axis= 18, length of the minor axis= 12.

THAT IS ALL FOR THIS PART OF MY LESSON 6.3 NOTES !! SO UNTIL NEXT TIME JA NE!!!! (ja ne is goodbye in Japanese)