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"display": "eccentricity $$36x^{2}+y^{2}=36$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#eccentricity 36x^{2}+y^{2}=36"
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"default": "\\frac{\\sqrt{35}}{6}"
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"title": "Ellipse eccentricity given $$36x^{2}+y^{2}=36:{\\quad}\\frac{\\sqrt{35}}{6}$$",
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Ellipse eccentricity",
"text": "The eccentricity is a measure of how much the ellipse deviates from a circle.<br/>For an ellipse with major axis parallel to the y-axis, the eccentricity is$$\\frac{\\sqrt{b^{2}-a^{2}}}{b}$$"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sqrt{b^{2}-a^{2}}}{b}"
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"primary": "Calculate ellipse properties"
},
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$36x^{2}+y^{2}=36:{\\quad}$$Ellipse with center $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:b=6,\\:a=1$$",
"input": "36x^{2}+y^{2}=36",
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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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"title": "Rewrite $$36x^{2}+y^{2}=36\\:$$in the form of the standard ellipse equation",
"input": "36x^{2}+y^{2}=36",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide by coefficient of square terms: $$36$$",
"result": "x^{2}+\\frac{1}{36}y^{2}=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide by coefficient of square terms: $$1$$",
"result": "\\frac{1}{1}x^{2}+\\frac{1}{36}y^{2}=1"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Refine",
"result": "\\frac{x^{2}}{1}+\\frac{y^{2}}{36}=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite in standard form",
"result": "\\frac{\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}}{1^{2}}+\\frac{\\left(y-0\\right)^{2}}{6^{2}}=1"
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"result": "\\frac{\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}}{1^{2}}+\\frac{\\left(y-0\\right)^{2}}{6^{2}}=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore ellipse properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:a=1,\\:b=6"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$b>a\\:$$therefore $$b\\:$$is semi-major axis and $$a\\:$$is semi-minor axis",
"result": "\\mathrm{Ellipse\\:with\\:center}\\:\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:b=6,\\:a=1"
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"result": "=\\frac{\\sqrt{6^{2}-1^{2}}}{6}"
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"title": "$$\\frac{\\sqrt{6^{2}-1^{2}}}{6}=\\frac{\\sqrt{35}}{6}$$",
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"primary": "Apply rule $$1^{a}=1$$",
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"result": "=\\frac{\\sqrt{6^{2}-1}}{6}"
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"title": "$$\\sqrt{6^{2}-1}=\\sqrt{35}$$",
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"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$6^{2}=36$$",
"result": "=\\sqrt{36-1}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract the numbers: $$36-1=35$$",
"result": "=\\sqrt{35}"
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Solution
eccentricity
Solution
Solution steps
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What is the eccentricity 36x^2+y^2=36 ?
The eccentricity 36x^2+y^2=36 is (sqrt(35))/6