First we have to graph the parabola: [Always draw graphs when doing conic section problems].Compare it to So the vertex is (h,k) = (5,3). It opens to the right because 4a=8 or a=2 is positive. So we sketch in the parabola with vertex (5,3). |a|=2 is the distance from both the vertex to both the focus and the directrix. The focus is a point inside the parabola and the directrix is a line outside the parabola line, which are the green point and line drawn below: So as we see from the graph, the focus is (7,3) and the directrix is x=3. I went ahead and found the focus because in other problems you will have to find the focus. Edwin