document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1081057>Question 1081057</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i graph the parabola (y-9)^2=12(x-8) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #695136 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</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=695136\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> That form of equation is what could happen if you used the definition given directrix and focus, and derived the equation.  Yours is for parabola with horizontal symmetry axis, concave to the right.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Vertex is read from the equation:  (8,9).\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Find y-intercepts:  Should be none.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28y-9%29%5E2=12%28-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28y-9%29%5E2=12%28-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-9=0%2B-+sqrt%28-96%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-9=0%2B-+sqrt%28-96%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >----you can see this will not be real numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Find x-intercept:   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%280-9%29%5E2=12%28x-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%280-9%29%5E2=12%28x-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12x-96=81 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12x-96=81\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12x=81%2B96 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12x=81%2B96\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12x=177 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12x=177\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=14.75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=14.75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Point   (14.75, 0).\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28400%2C400%2C-2%2C18%2C-2%2C18%2C9-sqrt%2812x-96%29%2C9%2Bsqrt%2812x-96%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-2%2C18%2C-2%2C18%2C9-sqrt%2812x-96%29%2C9%2Bsqrt%2812x-96%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );