SOLUTION: Identify the vertex, focus, and directrix of the parabola with the equation x^2-6x-8y+49=0

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Question 861043: Identify the vertex, focus, and directrix of the parabola with the equation x^2-6x-8y+49=0
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Hi,

x^2 -6x = 8y - 49

(x-3)^2 = 8y -40

 y = (1/8)(x-3)^2 + 5   x = 3 the line of symmetry and 1%2F8+=+1%2F4p%29 p = 2

V(3,5)

F(3,7) Line of symmetry is y = 2