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Graphing and Properties of Ellipses Date________________ Period____

Identify the center, vertices, co-vertices, foci, length of the major axis, and length of the minor axis of each.
2 2 2 2
x y x y
1) + =1 2) + =1
49 169 36 16

2 2 2 2
x y x y
3) + =1 4) + =1
95 30 169 64

2 2
x ( y − 6) ( x + 5) 2 ( y − 1) 2
5) + =1 6) + =1
64 121 81 144

( x − 3) 2 ( y − 9) 2 x 2 ( y − 8) 2
7) + =1 8) + =1
49 4 64 9

Graph each equation.

x2 y2 x2
9) + =1 10) + y2 = 1
4 9 49
y y
8 8

6 6

4 4

2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2

−4 −4

−6 −6

−8 −8

x2 y2 x2 y2
11) + =1 12) + =1
36 25 9 49
y y
8 8

6 6

4 4

2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2

−4 −4

−6 −6

−8 −8

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 2 2
x ( y − 3) ( x − 1) 2 y
2
13) + =1 14) + =1
49 16 4 49
y y
8 8

6 6

4 4

2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2

−4 −4

−6 −6

−8 −8

2 2 2
x ( y − 1) y 2
15) + =1 16) ( x + 5) + =1
49 9 49
y y
8 8

6 6

4 4

2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2

−4 −4

−6 −6

−8 −8

Identify the length of the major axis, length of the minor axis, length of the latus rectum, and eccentricity of
each.

17) −16 y + 52 = −2 x 2 − 8 x − y 2 18) 4 y 2 − 338 x + 32 y = −169 x 2 + 443

( x + 4) 2 ( y + 9) 2 20) 126 y + 9 y 2 − 8 x − 131 = −4 x 2

19) + =1
4 64

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 Answers to Graphing and Properties of Ellipses
1) Center: (0, 0) 2) Center: (0, 0)
Vertices: (0, 13), (0, −13) Vertices: (6, 0), (−6, 0)
Co-vertices: (7, 0), (−7, 0) Co-vertices: (0, 4), (0, −4)
Foci: (0, 2 30 ), (0, −2 30 ) Foci: (2 5, 0), (−2 5, 0)
Major Axis: 26 units Major Axis: 12 units
Minor Axis: 14 units Minor Axis: 8 units
3) Center: (0, 0) 4) Center: (0, 0)
Vertices: ( 95, 0), (− 95, 0) Vertices: (13, 0), (−13, 0)
Co-vertices: (0, 30 ), (0, − 30 ) Co-vertices: (0, 8), (0, −8)
Foci: ( 65, 0), (− 65, 0) Foci: ( 105, 0), (− 105, 0)
Major Axis: 2 95 units Major Axis: 26 units
Minor Axis: 16 units
Minor Axis: 2 30 units
5) Center: (0, 6) 6) Center: (−5, 1)
( ) (
Vertices: 0, 17 , 0, −5 ) Vertices: (−5, 13), (−5, −11)
Co-vertices: (8, 6), (−8, 6) Co-vertices: (4, 1), (−14, 1)
Foci: (0, 6 + 57 ), (0, 6 − 57 ) Foci: (−5, 1 + 3 7 ), (−5, 1 − 3 7 )
Major Axis: 22 units Major Axis: 24 units
Minor Axis: 16 units Minor Axis: 18 units
7) Center: (3, 9) 8) Center: (0, 8)
( ) (
Vertices: 10, 9 , −4, 9 ) Vertices: (8, 8), (−8, 8)
Co-vertices: (3, 11), (3, 7) Co-vertices: (0, 11), (0, 5)
Foci: (3 + 3 5, 9), (3 − 3 5, 9) Foci: ( 55, 8), (− 55, 8)
Major Axis: 14 units Major Axis: 16 units
Minor Axis: 4 units Minor Axis: 6 units
9) 10) 11)
y y y
8 8 8
6 6 6
4 4 4
2 2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2 −2
−4 −4 −4
−6 −6 −6
−8 −8 −8

12) 13) 14)

y y y
8 8 8
6 6 6
4 4 4
2 2 2

−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
−2 −2 −2
−4 −4 −4
−6 −6 −6
−8 −8 −8

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15) 16) 17) Major Axis: 4 5 units
y y
8 8
Minor Axis: 2 10 units
6 6
4 4 Latus Rectum: 2 5 units
2 2
2
−8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 x
Eccentricity: ≈ 0.707
−2 −2 2
−4 −4
−6 −6
−8 −8

18) Major Axis: 26 units 19) Major Axis: 16 units 20) Major Axis: 24 units
Minor Axis: 4 units Minor Axis: 4 units Minor Axis: 16 units
8 Latus Rectum: 1 unit 32
Latus Rectum: units Latus Rectum: units
13 15 3
Eccentricity: ≈ 0.968
165 4 5
Eccentricity: ≈ 0.988 Eccentricity: ≈ 0.745
13 3

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