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" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #841183 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52803)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=841183\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I also do not know what you are doing wrong, since you do not show it to us.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But you may check that the point (-6,4) does not lie on this curve, at all,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since its coordinates do not satisfy the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the answer given to you is DEFINITELY WRONG\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(if this answer does relate to vertex).\r<BR>\n" );
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