Y

𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑺𝑬 𝑫𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝒀 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺

8 Y=8
Example 1.
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Find the equation of the ellipse with 6
center (0, 0) equations of directrices y=±8 and
5
distance between foci 6.
4
Solution. Since the directices are horizontal, the
𝒚^𝟐 𝒙^𝟐 3
ellipse takes the standard form + = 1.
𝒂^𝟐 𝒃^𝟐
2

1
Distance between the directrices: 8 – (-8) = 16
Distance from the center to directrix: 16/2 = 8 X 0
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝒂 𝒂 -1
=8 e= (1)
𝒆 𝟖 -2

Distance between foci = 6 -3

-4
2c = 2ae = 2√𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟔
C=3 ae = 3 (2) -5

-6
Substitution of a/8 of (1) to (2) gives
𝑎 -7
a(8) = 3 𝑎2 = 24 Y = -8
-8
Solving for 𝑏 2 , we have

2√𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟔
√𝟐𝟒 − 𝒃𝟐 = 3
24 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗
𝒃𝟐 = 15

Therefore, the required equation is

𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐
+ = 𝟏 or 8𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟓