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Question 878777: How do I find the focus of the parabola x-3=-2((y+4)^2)=3 ?
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Question 878779: How do I find the focus of the parabola x-m=-2((y+4)^2)=3?
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Question 879032: What is the equation of a parabola given the focus (3,0) and the vertex (-3,0)?
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Question 879009: Write the equation of a hyperbola with vertices (3, -1) and (3, -9) and co-vertices (-6. -5) and (12, -5).
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Question 879133: what is the standard form of x^2+16y^2=1
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Question 879144: What is the equation of a hyperbola with foci of (3,2), (3,-2) and an asymptote at y=2(x-3)
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Question 879231: Write the equation of the following parabola: Focus (0,0) and Directrix at y=8
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Question 879234: Convert the following conic sections into standard form. Identify the type of conic being represented.
-y^2 + 12y - 19=18x - x^2
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Question 879234: Convert the following conic sections into standard form. Identify the type of conic being represented.
-y^2 + 12y - 19=18x - x^2
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Question 879307: Identify the center, vertices, and foci of the following:
[(x-1)^2/4] - [(y-3)^2/9] = 1
and show work please(:
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Question 879354: an ellipse's foci (0,�1) and vertices (0,�2). what is the eccentricity of the ellipse?
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Question 879415: Identify the vertex, focus, and Directrix of the graph of this parabola:
(x-1)^2 = (1/4)(y+2)
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Question 879416: Identify the center, vertices, and foci of this hyperbola:
((x-1)^2 / 4) - ((y-3)^2 / 9) = 1
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Question 879417: Identify the center, vertices, foci, transverse, asymptotes, domain, and range for the following hyperbola:
((y-2)^2 / 9) - ((x^2) / 36) = 1
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Question 879505: graph of a parabola, 2xsquared+12x+19=y
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Question 879876: Find the vertex, focus and directrix of the parabola and sketch the graph
4x-y^2=0
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Question 879970: Can you please answer this question?
Classify the conic: x^2+y^2-6x-3y-6=0
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Question 880239: what type of conic section is 4y^2+6=x
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Question 880339: Standard equation for vertices (plus or minus 9,0); foci (plus or minus 6 square root 2,0)
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Question 880386: What is the formula of 4x^2-3y^2-8x-8=0 using hyperbola?
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Question 880487: Imagine an elliptical orbit of a planet with a foci of F1 and F2. The ellipse is more wide then tall. The ellipse's center is at the origin. If a,b and c are all positive and all three variables are not equal to each other, which equation could represent the path of the planet. Provide an explanation
A)a(x^2)-b(y^2)=c^2
B)a(x^2)+b(y^2)=c^2
C)y=a(x^2)+(c^2)
D)(x^2)+(y^2)=c^2
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Question 880898: I have my final Algebra Exam tomorrow. There are questions about parabolas and graphing parabolas that I don't understand because I wasn't there that day. My question is how do you find the axis of symmetry? Is there a formula for it?
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Question 880979: what is the equation of the ellipse with center (-2,-7), horizontal axis 8, and vertical axis 14?
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Question 880913: what is the domain of 9x^2+16y^2-36x+96y+36=0
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Question 881139: I need to identify the focus, vertex, directrix, and graph x=-2y^2+4y-3
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Question 881190: The length of the major axis of the ellipse below is 14, and the length of the red line segment is 3. How long is the blue line segment?
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Question 881251: How do you find points of intercetions of two line a ellipse and parabola?
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Question 881420: x^2/40+y^2/5=1
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Question 881456: which conic section is defined by the equation x^2+8x-y+2=0?
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Question 881602: A hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis contains the point at (4, 3). the equation of the asymptotes are x-y=1 and y+x=5. Write an equation for the hyperbola
I am completely lost D:
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Question 881689: what is the equation of a ellipse graph that has a center of (-3,2),and its horizontal axis is of length 2, and its vertical axis is of length 6?
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Question 881739: Expand the power of the binomial. (3x-y)^3
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Question 881785: what is an equation of the locus of points whose sum of the distances from any point on the conic to (-2,2) and (8,2) is 12?
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Question 882387: x^2 + 4x + y^2 +4y - 8 = 0
how do you put this step by step into standard form?
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Question 881633: How do you graph (x+4) (x-7)>0 on a number line
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Question 882700: y = (x + 7)2 + 13 simplified form

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Question 883428: What is the center of an ellipse 16x^2+64x+y^2-4y+4=0

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Question 883625: y = -x^2
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Question 882860: A field microphone used at a soccer game has a parabolic cross section and is 24 inches wide at the opening. The focus is 16 inches from the vertex. Find the depth of the microphone.
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Question 884143: Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph of at (5, 1.5).
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Question 884161: how do i find the foci of an ellipse? the longer part of the ellipse is at (1,0) and (-3,0) while the shorter part is (-1,1) and (-1,-1)
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Question 884174: Hi! Thank you so much for your time! Can you help me to find the intersection of the equations $\frac{\left(x-9.1\right)^2}{2^2}-\frac{\left(y-9.2\right)^2}{2.3^2}=$1 and y=8 ?
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Question 884154: What is the equation of the ellipse with vertices at (-25, 0), (25, 0) and co-vertices (0, -15), (0, 15)?
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