SOLUTION: Hi "find the features of the parabola's equation: Y=3/2x^"

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Question 1006633: Hi
"find the features of the parabola's equation: Y=3/2x^"
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=%283%2F2%29x%5E2

y plus or minus anything? No.
x plus or minus anything? No.
Untranslated from standard position.
Sign of coefficient on x^2? Positive.

Vertex at (0,0) and is a minimum, and symmetry axis is x=0, the y-axis.

Equation equivalent to %282%2F3%29y=x%5E2, if also viewed as 4py=x%5E2, the value of p tells you how far from the vertex is the focus and the directrix. Some help with this is found in a video: Deriving equation for parabola for given vertex and focus