document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1036048>Question 1036048</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> From the equation, find the vertex, focus, directrix, and latus rectum.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show me steps because i have been trying since yesterday and kept getting my answers wrong. Thankyou! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #650634 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=650634\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> That is a form which you could get if you were given the focus and directrix and then derived the equation shown.  The process would have gone like any of these:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LGsQMwwj4\">Deriving parabola equation, vertex at Origin, horizontal symmetry axis</a><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wworlx39KfQ\">Deriving parabola equation, vertex not at Origin, vertical symmetry axis</a>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can read some information directly from the equation which you have.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The vertex is  (-3,4).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The negative coefficient on the x side tells you that this has a graph with horizontal symmetry axis and the parabola opens toward the left, and vertex is a rightmost point on the parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A value p  is the distance between the vertex and either the focus or directrix.  You have 8=4p, which is what you learn in making the derivation.  You can solve for p and determine the focus and the directrix. </SPAN>\n" );
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