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document.write( "x^2 &#8722; 32y = 0 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 &#8722; 32y = 0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=32y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that opens upward.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its basic form of equation:(x-h)^2=4p(y-k), (h,k)=coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: x=0 or y-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p=32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus: (0,8) (p-distance above vertex on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "directrix: y=-8  (p-distance below vertex on the axis of symmetry)<BR>\n" );
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