document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=819440>Question 819440</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what are the coordinates of the focus and the equation of the directrix for the parabola with equation x=8y^2? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y^2=(1/8)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that opens right with vertex at the origin(0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its basic form of equation: y^2=4px.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given parabola:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=1/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=1/32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus: (1/8,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "directrix: x=-1/8<BR>\n" );
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