document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=744434>Question 744434</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> focus (2,5) and directrix y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "write standard form of the equation of the parabola with the given criteria. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "write standard form of the equation of the parabola with the given criteria.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given parabola opens upward. (directrix below focus)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its basic form of equation: (x-h)^2=4p(y-k), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-coordinate of vertex=midpoint between focus and directrix on the axis of symmetry=(5+3)/2=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-coordinate of vertex=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (2,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=1 (distance from vertex to focus or directrix on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation of given parabola: (x-2)^2=4(y-4) </SPAN>\n" );
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