Find the Vertices 3x^2+7y^2=21

$3 x^{2} + 7 y^{2} = 21$

Step 1

Find the standard form of the ellipse.

Divide each term by $21$ to make the right side equal to one.

$\frac{3 x^{2}}{21} + \frac{7 y^{2}}{21} = \frac{21}{21}$

Simplify each term in the equation in order to set the right side equal to $1$ . The standard form of an ellipse or hyperbola requires the right side of the equation be $1$ .

$\frac{x^{2}}{7} + \frac{y^{2}}{3} = 1$

Step 2

This is the form of an ellipse. Use this form to determine the values used to find the center along with the major and minor axis of the ellipse.

$\frac{{(x - h)}^{2}}{a^{2}} + \frac{{(y - k)}^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1$

Step 3

Match the values in this ellipse to those of the standard form. The variable $a$ represents the radius of the major axis of the ellipse, $b$ represents the radius of the minor axis of the ellipse, $h$ represents the x-offset from the origin, and $k$ represents the y-offset from the origin.

$a = \sqrt{7}$

$b = \sqrt{3}$

$k = 0$

$h = 0$

Step 4

Find the vertices.

The first vertex of an ellipse can be found by adding $a$ to $h$ .

$(h + a, k)$

Substitute the known values of $h$ , $a$ , and $k$ into the formula.

$(0 + \sqrt{7}, 0)$

Simplify.

$(\sqrt{7}, 0)$

The second vertex of an ellipse can be found by subtracting $a$ from $h$ .

$(h - a, k)$

Substitute the known values of $h$ , $a$ , and $k$ into the formula.

$(0 - (\sqrt{7}), 0)$

Simplify.

$(- \sqrt{7}, 0)$

Ellipses have two vertices.

${Vertex}_{1}$ : $(\sqrt{7}, 0)$

${Vertex}_{2}$ : $(- \sqrt{7}, 0)$

${Vertex}_{1}$ : $(\sqrt{7}, 0)$

${Vertex}_{2}$ : $(- \sqrt{7}, 0)$

Step 5

Find the Vertices 3x^2+7y^2=21

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