document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204733>Question 1204733</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the coordinates of the focus and the vertex, the equations of the directrix and the axis of symmetry, and the direction of opening of the parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y^2 + 16x = 16y  -  64<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I keep getting (-2,4) for the vertex, even though the answer I was given is (-6,4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Note the coefficients are multiples of 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I stop right here; but you see clearly vertex is at  (-2,4). </SPAN>\n" );
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