SOLUTION: Find the equation of the parable when the focus is (3,4) and directrix y:-2. Use the distance formula or using focal length. Please helphelp!!

Question 976508: Find the equation of the parable when the focus is (3,4) and directrix y:-2. Use the distance formula or using focal length. Please helphelp!!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That's right! Use the distance formula and the definition of a parabola, according to your given focus and directrix.

The parabola described is the set of (x,y) points which conforms to

Simplify that equation.

(BEGIN BY WORKING INSIDE GROUPING SYMBOLS, CONTINUE BY SQUARING BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION, AND THEN,... finish to SIMPLIFY!)
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