A botanical garden plans to build a water pond in the shape of an ellipse with its…

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Problem

A botanical garden plans to build a water pond in the shape of an ellipse with its major axis vertical. The distance between the foci is 6 m6\,\text{m} and the intended length of the minor axis is 8 m8\,\text{m}. The centre of the pond will coincide with the origin of a coordinate system drawn on the ground. (i) Determine the lengths of the semi-major and semi-minor axes. (ii) Compute the coordinates of the two foci. (iii) Obtain the Cartesian equation of the boundary of the pond.

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