PRECALCULUS – MODULE 3

ELLIPSE
Learning Competencies:

1. Illustrate an ellipse.
2. Determine the standard form of the equation of the ellipse.
 DEFINITION: An
ellipse is a set of all
points in a plane, the
sum whose distances
from two fixed points is a
constant. The fixed
points are called foci of
the ellipse.
· An ellipse has two axes of symmetry: major axis and
minor axis. The longer axis is called the and
the shorter axis is called the .
· The line joining the vertices and the foci is called the
and has a length of 𝟐𝒂
· Theline segment which is a perpendicular bisector of
the major axis is called the

· The intersection of the two axes is called the of

the ellipse. The center is the midpoint between the two
, and the midpoint between the two vertices.
· A segment passing through a focus of the ellipse that is
perpendicular to the major axis is called a .
c b

a
Characteristics
of an Ellipse
Continuation from example 3.

((4.47,0) and ( -4.47, 0)

 Discuss
𝟐 𝟐
𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎
Discuss 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎
Center: ℎ, 𝑘 = −3,5
Standard Form:
Vertices: 𝑉@ ℎ, 𝑘 + 𝑎 = −3,5 + 4 = −3,9
4𝑥 . + 24𝑥 + 𝑦 . − 10𝑦 = −45
𝑉. ℎ, 𝑘 − 𝑎 = −3,5 − 4 = (−3,1)
4 𝑥 . + 6𝑥 + 𝑦 . − 10𝑦 = −45
Foci: 𝐹@ ℎ, 𝑘 + 𝑐 = −3,5 + 3.46 = (−3,8.46)
4 𝑥 . + 6𝑥 + 9 + 𝑦 . − 10𝑦 + 25 = −45 + 36 + 25
. . 𝐹@ ℎ, 𝑘 − 𝑐 = −3,5 − 3.46 = (−3,1.54)
4 𝑥+3 + 𝑦−5 = 16
Co – vertices: 𝐵@ ℎ + 𝑏, 𝑘 = −3 + 2,5 = −1,5
. .
4 𝑥+3 𝑦−5 16
+ = 𝐵@ ℎ − 𝑏, 𝑘 = −3 − 2,5 = −5,5
16 16 16
Endpoints of the Latera Recta:
. .
𝑥+3 𝑦−5 𝑏. 4
+ =1 𝐸@ ℎ + , 𝑘 − 𝑐 = −3 + , 5 − 3.46 = −2, 1.54
4 16 𝑎 4
Identify the points: 𝑏. 4
ℎ = −3
𝐸. ℎ − , 𝑘 − 𝑐 = −3 − , 5 − 3.46 = −4, 1.54
𝑎 4
𝑘=5 𝑏. 4
𝑎 = 16 = 4 𝐸G ℎ + , 𝑘 − 𝑐 = −3 + , 5 + 3.46 = −2, 8.46
𝑎 4
𝑏= 4=2
𝑏. 4
𝑐= 𝑎. − 𝑏 . = 16 − 4 = 12 ≈ 3.46 𝐸. ℎ − , 𝑘 − 𝑐 = −3 − , 5 + 3.46 = −4, 8.46
𝑎 4
PRECALCULUS – MODULE 3

ELLIPSE