SOLUTION: Identify The focus and the directrix of the graph of this equation please x = 1/36 * y ^ 2

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Question 1159536: Identify The focus and the directrix of the graph of this equation please
x = 1/36 * y ^ 2

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

given:
If a parabola has a horizontal axis, the standard form of the equation of the parabola is this:
, where
.
The vertex of this parabola is at (, ).
The focus is at (, ).
The directrix is the line
rewrite your parabola in vertex form:



compare to

=> and ->vertex is at (,)
->->
The focus is at (, )=>(, )=>(, )
directrix is =>=>



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