SOLUTION: I'm having some trouble with this : What is the equation of a parabola with vertex (0,0) and focus (0,4) I think it needs to be ax^2 + bx + c = 0 But I'm lost!!! Can anybody get

Question 163079: I'm having some trouble with this :
What is the equation of a parabola with vertex (0,0) and focus (0,4)
I think it needs to be ax^2 + bx + c = 0 But I'm lost!!! Can anybody get me started???
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The general equation for a parabola is

where (h,k) is the vertex, and p is the distance from vertex to focus.
In your case, (h,k)=(0,0) and p=4,

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