Ellipses

Objectives

In this lesson, you will learn to:

• Sketch the graph of a circle or ellipse given an equation in standard rectangular form.
• Write the equation in standard rectangular form for a circle or ellipse given a graph or other information.
• Determine the center and radius of a circle.
• Determine the center, foci, vertices and co-vertices, length of the major and minor axes, and eccentricity of an ellipse.