document.write( "Question 1081143: Find the equation of parabola with directrix at y=8/3 and focus at (-3/2,4)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "For each point (x,y) its distance from the point (-4,-1) is 3/2 times its distance from the line x=5
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Set of points (x,y) equally distant from line y=8/3 as from point ( -3/2, 4). \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Distance Formula and definition for parabola:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5E2-16y%2F3%2B64%2F9=%28x%2B3%2F2%29%5E2%2By%5E2-8y%2B16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28-8%2F3%29y%2B64%2F9-144%2F9=%28x%2B3%2F2%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28-8%2F3%29y=%28x%2B3%2F2%29%5E2%2B80%2F9\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%283%2F8%29%28x%2B3%2F2%29%5E2-%283%2F8%29%2880%2F9%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28y=-%283%2F8%29%28x%2B3%2F2%29%5E2-10%2F3%29\"-------Not yet in integer coefficients. Your parts (a) and (b) look like a separate question from the description written above them.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Follow the description as written and put the information into the Distance Formula. Simplify the equation.
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