SOLUTION: please help me solve this question y^2=mx + c

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Question 977138: please help me solve this question y^2=mx + c
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What do you want from it? It is a parabola with a horizontal axis of symmetry, parallel to the x-axis. You can solve for x in terms of y and you have x=%281%2Fm%29y%5E2-c%2Fm. IF m is positive, then the parabola is concave to the right, and has vertex (0,-c/m).