document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1006633>Question 1006633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"find the features of the parabola's equation: Y=3/2x^\" </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y plus or minus anything?  No.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x plus or minus anything? No.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Untranslated from standard position.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sign of coefficient on x^2?  Positive.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertex at (0,0) and is a minimum, and symmetry axis is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the y-axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation equivalent to  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29y=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29y=x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, if also viewed as  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4py=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4py=x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the value of p tells you how far from the vertex is the focus and the directrix.  Some help with this is found in a video:  <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LGsQMwwj4\">Deriving equation for parabola for given vertex and focus</a> </SPAN>\n" );
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