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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me with this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The directions say find the vertex, focus, and directrix equation of the parabola. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "vertex is at (-3/2,3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we know this opens to the right<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "directrix is at x=-7/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "focus is at (1/2,3)  </SPAN>\n" );
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