Identify an axis of revolution and generating conic of the surface 4x2+25y2+4z2=100. does this conic also generate x225+y24+z225=1?

1 Answer
Apr 9, 2018

See below.

Explanation:

4x2+25y2+4z2=100 and
x225+y24+z225=1 represent the same surface which is an ellipsoid of revolution. It can be generated easily by rotating around the y axis the proper ellipse.