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Precalculus (2018 edition)

Course: Precalculus (2018 edition) > Unit 2

Lesson 6: Foci of an ellipse
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Precalculus (2018 edition)
Conic sections
Foci of an ellipse
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Write an equation for an ellipse centered at the origin, which has foci at left parenthesis, plus minus, square root of, 12, end square root, comma, 0, right parenthesis and vertices at left parenthesis, plus minus, square root of, 37, end square root, comma, 0, right parenthesis.
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