document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=848179>Question 848179</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation of a parabola with a vertex at the origin and directix y=-1.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "parabola opens upward.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "basic form of equation: x^2=4py<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=1.5 (distance from vertex to directrix on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation of parabola: x^2=6y </SPAN>\n" );
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