NAME: ______________________________

DATE: ___________________
PROBSET 1.3

SECTION: 11 - __________________

Ellipse

Analytic Geometry

Find the center, vertices, foci, minor axis endpoints, LR endpoints and draw the curve.
1.

( x +5 )2 ( y 4 )2
+
=1
1
1
4

2.

7 x 2+2 y 2 +14 x8 y +1=0

3.
4. Find the equation of the ellipse (in standard form) with:
5. Foci at (2,3)( 2,7) and whose length of the semi-minor axis is two-thirds of the
length of the semi-major axis
6. C(3,1) ,V (5,1), with major axis parallel to the x-axis and latus rectum of length
1
7. Directrix at

x=

9 5
+2 ,
5

C( 2,6),V (2,4 )
9
4 , and distance

C(1,5) , major axis parallel to x-axis, latus rectum of length

8.

between foci

2 55

C(4,5) , major axis parallel to y-axis, with eccentricity of

9.

distance between the directrices is

21
5

and whose

50 21
.
21

10.
11.
12.

Find the points of intersection and trace the curves of:

y 2=4 x4 x 2 +9 y 2=8 x +72 y112

13.

Find an equation of a parabola with vertex at the origin and focus at a focus
2
2
of the ellipse with equation x +5 y =10 .

14.
15.
The earths orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one focus. The length of the
major axis is 186,000,000 mi, and the eccentricity is 0.0167. Find the distances
from the ends of the major axis to the sun. These are the greatest and least
distances from the sun.
16.
In the asteroid belt between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter, some asteroids are
2
known to have orbits with eccentricities as high as 3 . For such an elliptic orbit,
find the ratio of minor to major axis.
17.
An arch of a bridge is in the shape of asemi-ellipse having a horizontal span
of 40 m and a height of 16 m at its center. How high is the arch 9m to the right or
left of the center?
18.
A ceiling in the hallway 10 m wide is in the shape of a semi-ellipse and is 9 m
high in the center and 6m high at the sidewalls. Find the height of the ceiling 2m
from either wall.
19.
A big room is constructed so that the ceiling is a dome that is semielliptical in
shape. If a person stands at one focus and speaks, the sound that is made bounces

off the ceiling and gets reflected to the other focus. Thus, if two people stand at
the foci, they will be able to hear each other. If the room is 34 m long and 8 m
high, how far from the center should each of the two people stand if they would
like to whisper back and forth and hear each other?
20. A whispering gallery has a semielliptical shape ceiling that is 9 m high and 30 m
long. How high is the ceiling above the foci?