The ellipse in is a dilation of the unit circle by a factor of 3 in the x-direction and

Chapter 12, Problem 3

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The ellipse in is a dilation of the unit circle by a factor of 3 in the x-direction and by a factor of 2 in the y-direction. By making the right side equal 1, transform the given equation to this equivalent form: This form is sometimes called the standard form of the equation of the ellipse. Where do the two dilations show up in the transformed equation?

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