Ellipses - High School Math

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Question

What is the shape of the graph indicated by the equation?

$\frac{x^{2}}{16}+\frac{y^2}{4}=1$

Answer

An ellipse has an equation that can be written in the format $\frac{(x-h)^2}{b^2}+\frac{(y-k)^2}{a^2}=1$ . The center is indicated by , or in this case .

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