SOLUTION: Can you show me how to get the equation of a parabola with a focus(0,8) and the directrix y=0?

SOLUTION: Can you show me how to get the equation of a parabola with a focus(0,8) and the directrix y=0?

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Question 326333: Can you show me how to get the equation of a parabola with a focus(0,8) and the directrix y=0?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The vertex lies halfway between the focus and the directrix.
The vertex is then (0,4).
Use the focus-vertex form of a parabola,

is the distance from the focus to the vertex

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