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document.write( "This is a parabola that opens leftward:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its basic equation: (y-k)^2=-4p(x-h), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x-axis or y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=4.75 (distance from vertex to directrix on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of given parabola: y^2=-19x </SPAN>\n" );
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