document.write( "Question 376135: How do you graph this conic section equation? (x-0)² = (y-2)
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document.write( "(x-0)² = (y-2) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Put a 1 coefficient on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-0)² = 1(y-2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now it is in the form\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-h)² = 4p(y-k)\r\n" );
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document.write( "which has its vertex at the point (h,k) = (0,2), \r\n" );
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document.write( "4p = 1, so p = \"1%2F4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "it has its focus at (h,k+p) = (0,2+\"1%2F4\") = F(0,\"2%261%2F4\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "its directrix is the horizontal line whose equation is \r\n" );
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document.write( "y = k-p, or y = 2-\"1%2F4\" or y = \"1%263%2F4\" in green:\r\n" );
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