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A drafting technician is modeling an elliptical machine part using the equation (x+3)24+(y−5)216=1\frac{(x+3)^2}{4} + \frac{(y-5)^2}{16} = 1. When plotting the points from the center (−3,5)(-3, 5), the technician should move 4 units left and right to find the vertices along the major axis.

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