document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=471391>Question 471391</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the standard form of the equation of the parabola with the given characteristic and vertex at the origin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. y^2=-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. y^2=-4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. x^2=-4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. x^2=-y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. x^2=y </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. y^2=-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. y^2=-4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. x^2=-4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. x^2=-y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. x^2=y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "standard form of a parabola: y=(x-h)^2+k, with (h,k) being the (x,y) coordinates of the vertex.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the coordinates of the vertex are at the origin, (0,0), as given, they do not appear in the equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "which becomes y=x^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, e, is the correct answer </SPAN>\n" );
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