document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=609824>Question 609824</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write the equation in standard form for the parabola with vertex (0,0) and directrix y=14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a parabola that opens downwards.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its standard form of equation: (x-h)^2=-4p(y-k)^2, with (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given parabola:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (0,0) (given)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry=y-axis or x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=14 (distance from directrix to vertex on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=-56y<BR>\n" );
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