| From your explorations, you now know that Ax2 + By2 = P is the equation of an ellipse centred at the origin when A, B and P all have the same sign. |
| How could the equation Ax2 + By2 = P be used to describe the characteristics of a graph of an ellipse? |
| The following activities will show you how to rewrite an equation of the form Ax2 + By2 = P into a form that will give you more information about the graph of the ellipse. |
| The following two ellipses will be used in your exploration. |
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