document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=698404>Question 698404</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> determine the orientation of the parabola.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        directrix: x= -4; p= 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.opens up        c. opens right\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. opens down     d. opens left </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "directrix: x= -4; p= 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The directrix is always on the convex side of the parabola.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p is the distance from vertex to focus which is on the concave side of the parabola<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So parabola opens right (ans c) </SPAN>\n" );
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