document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=724592>Question 724592</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What are the focus and the directrix of the graph of x = 1/24y^2?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "focus (0, –6), directrix x = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus (6, 0), directrix x = –6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus (0, 6), directrix y = –6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus (–6, 0), directrix y = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y^2/24=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y^2=24x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that opens rightward:<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( "For given equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex:(0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus: (6,0) (p-distance to the right of the vertex on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "directrix: x=-6  (p-distance to the left of the vertex on the axis of symmetry) </SPAN>\n" );
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