document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=584017>Question 584017</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how can you find the focus of this equation y plus 1 over 1 = ( x - 3 over 2 ) squared </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(y+1)/1=((x-3)/2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(y+1)=((x-3)^2/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(y+1)=(x-3)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-3)^2=4(y+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Standard form of equation for a parabola that opens upwards: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-h)^2=4p(y-k), (h,k) being the (x,y) coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given equation of parabola: (x-3)^2=4(y+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (3,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus: (3,-1+p)=(3,-1+1)=(3,0) (p-unit above the vertex on the axis of symmetry)\r<BR>\n" );
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