Find the eccentricity, coordinates of foci, length of the latus - rectum of the following ellipse:
9x2 + 25y2 = 225
Given the equation of the ellipse is 9x2 + 25y2 = 225.
We need to find the eccentricity, coordinates of foci and length of latus rectum.
Given equation can be rewritten as
⇒ .
We know for the ellipse (a2>b2)
⇒
⇒ Coordinates of foci (±ae,0)
⇒ Length of latus rectum =
Here a2 = 25 and b2 = 9, a2>b2
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒ Length of latus rectum (L) =
⇒
∴ The eccentricity is , foci are
and length of the latus rectum is
.