Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Ellipsoid

An ellipsoid is a type of quadric surfaces that carries the equation


if it is centered at the origin.

If the ellipsoid is centered at (h, k, l), the equation will look like this:


You may play around with the graph below to have an idea on the role of a, b and c in the graph. You may also use this link if you wish to rotate the graph.


Betty, Created with GeoGebra and Thomas Calculus, Pearson.

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