document.write( "Question 822153: What is the foci, vertices, center, and asymptotes for equation x=(1/2)(y+2)^2-(5/2) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "  |  V(-5/2, -2), y = -2, line of symmetry
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document.write( "(y+2)^2 = 2(x+5/2), 4p = 2, p = 1/2  |Foci:  (-2,-2) & (-3,-2)
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document.write( "the vertex form of a Parabola opening right(a>0) or left(a<0), 
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document.write( " where(h,k) is the vertex and  y = k  is the Line of Symmetry
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document.write( "The standard form is , where  the focus is (h +p,k )
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document.write( "See below descriptions of various conics                     
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document.write( "Standard Form of an Equation of a Circle is  
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document.write( "where Pt(h,k) is the center and r is the radius\r
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document.write( " Standard Form of an Equation of an Ellipse is  
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document.write( "where Pt(h,k) is the center. (a variable positioned to correspond with major axis)
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document.write( " a and b  are the respective vertices distances from center
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document.write( " and ąare the foci distances from center: a > b\r
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document.write( "Standard Form of an Equation of an Hyperbola opening up and down is:
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document.write( "   with C(h,k) and vertices 'b' units up and down from center,  2b the length of the transverse axis
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document.write( "Foci units units up and down from center, along x = h
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document.write( "& Asymptotes Lines passing thru C(h,k), with slopes m =  ą b/a\r
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document.write( "Standard Form of an Equation of an Hyperbola opening right and  left is:
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document.write( "   with C(h,k) and vertices 'a' units right and left of center,   2a the length of the transverse axis
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document.write( "Foci are  units right and left of center along y = k
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document.write( "& Asymptotes Lines passing thru C(h,k), with slopes  m =  ą b/a \r
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document.write( "the vertex form of a Parabola opening up(a>0) or down(a<0),  
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document.write( "where(h,k) is the vertex  and  x = h  is the Line of Symmetry
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document.write( "The standard form is , where  the focus is (h,k + p)\r
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document.write( "the vertex form of a Parabola opening right(a>0) or left(a<0), 
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document.write( " where(h,k) is the vertex and  y = k  is the Line of Symmetry
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document.write( "The standard form is , where  the focus is (h +p,k )
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