SOLUTION: Graph the equation. Identify the focus and directrix of the parabola. y^2=24x Thank You for your time.

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: Graph the equation. Identify the focus and directrix of the parabola.
y^2=24x
Thank You for your time. This question is from textbook McDougal Littell

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=2.
  • Graphical form: Equation was fully solved.
  • Text form: x+x-x+2x=6 simplifies to 0=0
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Look at .
Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+x+%29,highlight_red%28+x+%29,highlight_red%28+-x+%29,highlight_red%28+2%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%281%2B1-1%2B2%29%2Ax+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+3+%29
It becomes .
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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-6+%29
It becomes .
Look at .
Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+3%2Ax-6=0+%29 equivalent to 3*x-6 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=2.

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