SOLUTION: What is the standard form equation of the following parabola? Vertex at the origin, Focus: (0,-1/4)
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Question 840633: What is the standard form equation of the following parabola? Vertex at the origin, Focus: (0,-1/4)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting from , get , and because vertex is above the focus, . Apply p in the equation and you have , or .
Looking again that vertex is at (0,0), you can be sure that this parabola is .
Check your book's discussion on deriving the parabola equation or also check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabola
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