document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=731875>Question 731875</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the standard form of the equation of the parabola with the given characteristic and vertex at the origin. y=-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sketch the characteristic as the line y = -3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot the vertex at (0,0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distance from vertex to y = -3 is 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-h)^2 = (4p)(y-k)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = k = 0 and p = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 12(y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (1/12)x^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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