Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.4 - Rotation of Axes - Exercise Set - Page 1011: 53

Answer

does not make sense

Work Step by Step

This statement does not make sense because rotating the coordinate system may not put the ellipse's center at the origin if the original was not centered at the origin.
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