Standard Ellipse Equation

Algebrator can easily solve problems such as the one you posted on Yahoo Answers.

You start by entering the equation in an intuitive math editor and you press the "graph" button.

An example using your equation is described below.

Note: The "explain button", provides the mathematical logic involved in the selected step and the "visibility button"- allows to set the number of steps that will be described.

High Visibility provides more detail.

In order to rewrite this equation in standard graphable form,

we need to move all the numerical terms to its right side.

There are some key features of the software I like to stress in order to receive the most consistent benefits from this program:

1. Flash demos, found under the drop-down menu "Help->Tutors" - The demos are also available online at "https://softmath.com/demos/", where you may simply select any of the ".htm" files and the demo will play within your browser

2. Wizard button - for example, click the Wizard button and look under the category of "Ellipse" to see many useful templates for these type of problems.

Finally a graph of the equation is displayed.