document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=893760>Question 893760</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the vertex, focus, and directix of the parabola\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2)^2 = 8(y-3) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2)^2 = 8(y-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is an equation of parabola that opens upwards:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its basic form of equation: (x-h)^2=4p(y-k)^2, (h,k)=coordinates of vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex:(-2,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus: (-2,5) (p-units above vertex on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "directrix: y=1 (p-units below vertex on the axis of symmetry) </SPAN>\n" );
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