document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1091497>Question 1091497</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the parabola and clearly indicate the focus, directrix, and the endpoints at the latus rectum\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+3)^2 = 8(y+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #705957 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=705957\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The equation gives you most of the information already.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%28y%2B2%29=%28x%2B3%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%28y%2B2%29=%28x%2B3%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, axis of symmetry is vertical. Vertex is a minimum point of the parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "VERTEX  (-3,-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p, distance between vertex and either directrix or focus;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FOCUS (-3,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "DIRECTRIX <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If solve for x when y is 0, find  zeros at x=-7 and x=1.\r<BR>\n" );
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