document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=630835>Question 630835</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which is an equation for the parabola with focus at (-11,-4) and vertex at (1,-4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that opens leftwards<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its standard form: (y-k)^2=-4p(x-h), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of vertex.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: y=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=12 (distance from vertex to focus on he axis of symmetry. ( from 1 to -11)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: <BR>\n" );
document.write( " (y+4)^2=-48(x-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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