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"display": "vertices $$9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#vertices 9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0"
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"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Geometry",
"topic": "Ellipse",
"subTopic": "vertices",
"default": "(-2,6),(-2,0)",
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"title": "Ellipse vertices given $$9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0:{\\quad}\\left(-2,\\:6\\right),\\:\\left(-2,\\:0\\right)$$",
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Ellipse vertices",
"text": "The vertices are the two points on the ellipse that intersect the major axis<br/>For an ellipse with major axis parallel to the y-axis, the vertices are $$\\left(h,\\:k+b\\right),\\:\\left(h,\\:k-b\\right)$$"
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"result": "\\left(h,\\:k+b\\right),\\:\\left(h,\\:k-b\\right)"
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"primary": "Calculate ellipse properties"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0:{\\quad}$$Ellipse with center $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(-2,\\:3\\right),\\:b=3,\\:a=2$$",
"input": "9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0",
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Ellipse standard equation",
"text": "$$\\frac{\\left(x-h\\right)^{2}}{a^2}+\\frac{\\left(y-k\\right)^{2}}{b^2}=1\\:$$is the ellipse standard equation<br/>with center $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)\\:$$and $$a,\\:b$$ are the semi-major and semi-minor axes"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite $$9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0\\:$$in the form of the standard ellipse equation",
"input": "9x^{2}+4y^{2}+36x-24y+36=0",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract $$36$$ from both sides",
"result": "9x^{2}+36x+4y^{2}-24y=-36"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Factor out coefficient of square terms",
"result": "9\\left(x^{2}+4x\\right)+4\\left(y^{2}-6y\\right)=-36"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide by coefficient of square terms: $$9$$",
"result": "\\left(x^{2}+4x\\right)+\\frac{4}{9}\\left(y^{2}-6y\\right)=-4"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide by coefficient of square terms: $$4$$",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x^{2}+4x\\right)+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y^{2}-6y\\right)=-1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Convert $$x\\:$$to square form",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x^{2}+4x+4\\right)+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y^{2}-6y\\right)=-1+\\frac{1}{4}\\left(4\\right)"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Convert to square form",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x+2\\right)^{2}+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y^{2}-6y\\right)=-1+\\frac{1}{4}\\left(4\\right)"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Convert $$y\\:$$to square form",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x+2\\right)^{2}+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y^{2}-6y+9\\right)=-1+\\frac{1}{4}\\left(4\\right)+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(9\\right)"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Convert to square form",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x+2\\right)^{2}+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y-3\\right)^{2}=-1+\\frac{1}{4}\\left(4\\right)+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(9\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Refine $$-1+\\frac{1}{4}\\left(4\\right)+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(9\\right)$$",
"result": "\\frac{1}{4}\\left(x+2\\right)^{2}+\\frac{1}{9}\\left(y-3\\right)^{2}=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Refine",
"result": "\\frac{\\left(x+2\\right)^{2}}{4}+\\frac{\\left(y-3\\right)^{2}}{9}=1"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite in standard form",
"result": "\\frac{\\left(x-\\left(-2\\right)\\right)^{2}}{2^{2}}+\\frac{\\left(y-3\\right)^{2}}{3^{2}}=1"
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"type": "step",
"result": "\\frac{\\left(x-\\left(-2\\right)\\right)^{2}}{2^{2}}+\\frac{\\left(y-3\\right)^{2}}{3^{2}}=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore ellipse properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(-2,\\:3\\right),\\:a=2,\\:b=3"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$b>a\\:$$therefore $$b\\:$$is semi-major axis and $$a\\:$$is semi-minor axis",
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"result": "\\left(-2,\\:3+3\\right),\\:\\left(-2,\\:3-3\\right)"
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What is the vertices 9x^2+4y^2+36x-24y+36=0 ?
The vertices 9x^2+4y^2+36x-24y+36=0 is (-2,6),(-2,0)