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12.1 Exercise 74

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use the given information about the graph of each ellipse to determine its equation.

Center at the origin, symmetric with respect to the x- and y-axes, focus at (0,−2), \left(0 , −2\right) , and point on graph (5,0). \left(5 , 0\right) .

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