SOLUTION: Find the focus and directrix of the parabola y^2=6x

SOLUTION: Find the focus and directrix of the parabola y^2=6x

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Question 250853: Find the focus and directrix of the parabola y^2=6x
Answer by morganjd(5) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y^2=6x
So The equation y^2=6x has the form y^2 = 4px, with 4px = 6, so p = 2/3.. The parabola (p) is horizontal, with FOCUS: ( 2/3, 0), directrix x = -2/3.
I hope this helps.
jdm
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