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PrecalculusChallengeConic Sections and Parametric Equations

Conic Sections and Parametric Equations · Challenge problem

An ellipse centered at the origin (major axis horizontal) has eccentricity e=32e=\dfrac{\sqrt3}{2} and latus-rectum length 22. Find its equation. (Use LR=2b2a\text{LR}=\tfrac{2b^2}{a} together with b2=a2−c2b^2=a^2-c^2.)