Question

Skip designs tracks for amusement park rides. For a new design, the track will be elliptical. If the ellipse is placed on a large coordinate grid with its center at (0, 0), the equation x^2/3600+y^2/8100=1 models the path of the track. The units are given in yards. How long is the major axis of the track? Explain how you found the distance. please show your work!!!!

Answer 1

Answer: The length of the major axis is given by

(x^2/3600+y^2/8100)=1

The equation shows x^2/3600+y^2/8100=1. This equates to x=3600 and y=8100. We can also see that x=3600 yards, but y=8100 yards. The distance between these two points is therefore 3600 yards or about 467 meters.

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