CONIC SECTIONS

CONIC SECTIONS
ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE
DEFINITION
DEFINITION

An ellipse is the graph of all points the

sum of whose distane from the fi!ed
points is onstant" The two fi!ed points are
alled foi"
1
) ( ) (
2
2
2
2
=

b
k y
a
h x
The e#uation for an ellipse with
entre $h,k % and foi $ h c, k % is
$ a& ' b& % (here c
2
= a
2
b
2
)inor a!is
)a*or a!is
F
+
x
F
,
C$h, k%
y
Center
Center
- $ h . / %
- $ h . / %

Foi - $ h 0 . / %

1erties - $ h 0 a . / %
Example 1
Example 1
Find the entre .Foi and 2erties
Find the entre .Foi and 2erties
of the ellipse"
of the ellipse"
1
4
) 1 (
9
) 3 (
2 2
=

+
+ y x
1
4
) 1 (
9
) 3 (
2 2
=

+
+ y x
3 4 5 6
Center : ( -3 , 1 )
c
2
= a
2
b
2
=5
Vertices are ( 0 , 1 ) and ( -6 ,
1 )
Foci are (-3 +78.+% and $ 59 578.+
%
1
) ( ) (
2
2
2
2
=

b
k y
a
h x
The e#uation for an ellipse with entre $ h,k %
and foi $ h,k c % is

$ b& ' a& %

(here c
2
= b
2
a
2
y
x
F
+
h, k+c%
F
,
$h, k-c%
C

$h, k%
Example 2
Find the e#uation of ellipse with
2erties $:.8 %
and $ +;.+ % with entre $ :./ %"
S/ething the 2erties of the ellipse-
S/ething the 2erties of the ellipse-
(8 , k )
(8,5)
(,!)
(10,1)
(x
1,
y
1
)
Center : ( 8 , 1 ) where k = 1
1
4
) 1 (
2
) 8 (
2
2
2
2
=

+
y x
" = 8 , ! = -3 #
1
= 6 , !
1
=
1
Example 3
S/eth the graph of the e#uation.
0 71 18 64 9 16
2 2
= + + y x y x





1
16
) 1 (
9
) 2 (
2 2
=

+
+ y x
$! co%&'etin( t)e
s*+are:
16("
2
+,+,)+-(!
2
-2!+1) = .1 + 16(,)
+-(1)
16
2
+ -!
2
+ 6, 18! = .1
16( + 2 )
2
+ -(! 1)
2
=
1,,
(-2,1)
F1(-2,1+/.)
F2(-2,1-7<%
(-2,,)
(-2,-2)