Question

Find the length of the major axis of the ellipse described by the equation:the quantity of x plus 2 squared plus y squared over one fourth equals 1

Answer 1

We have the following equation:

`(x+2)^2+(y^2)/((1)/(4))=1`

And we can rewrite the expression like this:

`((x+2)^2)/(1)+(y^2)/((1)/(4))=1`

then the major axis would be given by:

`\sqrt[]{1}=1`

1 (Horizontal axis)