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Question 1085975: Vertex (-1,-4) and focus 3 units left of the vertex, write in standard form equation and sketch the graph
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Question 1085975: Vertex (-1,-4) and focus 3 units left of the vertex, write in standard form equation and sketch the graph
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Question 1085971: Vertex (0,0) and focus (5,0) write in standard form equation and sketch the graph
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Question 1082936: Find the area of the largest possible rectangle that can inscribe in an ellipse. 9x^2 + 4y^2 = 36.

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Question 1085976: Find the focus, directrix, vertex and axis of symmetry
x^2=1/8 y
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Question 1085974: Directrix x=5 and Vertex 3 units to the left, write in standard form equation and sketch the graph
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Question 1086303: find the area of the triangle whose vertices have polar coordinates of (0,0 degrees), 6,20 degrees) and (8,50 degrees)
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Question 1086304: the coordinates of the two vertices of a triangle are (6,-1) and (-3,7). find the coordinates of the third vertex so that the centroid of the triangle will be at the origin
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Question 1086306: find the area bounded by the curve 9x^2 + 25y^2 + 18x - 100y = 116
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Question 1086302: compute the angle between the line 2y-9x-18=0 and the x-axis
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Question 1086307: find the area bounded by the curve 9x^2 + 25y^2 + 18x - 100y = 116
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Question 1086308: what is the circumference of an ellipse whose diameters are fourteen and ten meters
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Question 1086309: find the focus of the parabola y^2 + 4y - 4x -8 = 0
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Question 1086382: find the radius of a circle with center at (4,1), if a chord of length 4 square root of 2 is bisected at (7,4)
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Question 1086406: an arch in the form of an inverted parabola and has a span of 12 feet at the base and a height of 12 feet. determine the vertical clearance of the parabola 4 feet from the vertical centerline
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Question 1086404: find the volume of the pyramid formed in the octant by the plane 6x+10y-30=0 and the coordinates axes
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Question 1086401: find the centroid of triangle whose vertices are (2,3), (-4,6), and (2,-6)
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Question 1086400: what is the circumference of an ellipse whose diameters are fourteen and ten meters?
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Question 1086408: find the volume of the pyramid formed in the octant by the plane 6x+10y+5z-30=0 and the coordinates axes
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Question 1086398: find the area bounded by the curve x^2=8y and its latus rectum
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Question 1086403: what is the equation of the line bisector of the acute angle formed by the intersection of the lines 4x+3y-24=0 and 5x-12y+30=0
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Question 1086405: in a given ellipse, the distance between foci is 2c and between vertices 2a. determine the distance from one of the foci to the nearest vertex
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Question 1086399: determine the equation of the curve such that the sum of the distance of any point on the curve from two points whose coordinate are (-3,0) and (3,0) is always equal to 8
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Question 1086384: find the area bounded by the curve x^2=8y and its latus rectum
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Question 1086578: Angle substended by the common tangents of two ellipses 4(x-4)2+25y2=100 and 4(x+1)2+y2=4 at the origin is

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Question 1086650: find the focus of x^2+4y^2+2x+24y++28=0
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Question 1086682: find an equation of the circle passing through A(-3,1) with radius 2 and centre at 2x-3y+3=0
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Question 1086681: find an equation of the circle passing through A(5,1) and tangent to the line
2x-y-10=0 at B(3,-4)
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Question 1086693: find equation of the circle passing through A(1,4) , B(-1,8) and tangent to the line x + 3y - 3 = 0
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Question 1086693: find equation of the circle passing through A(1,4) , B(-1,8) and tangent to the line x + 3y - 3 = 0
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Question 1086799: If x^2 + 1/x^2 =102, find the value of x^3 - 1/x^3
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Question 1086799: If x^2 + 1/x^2 =102, find the value of x^3 - 1/x^3
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Question 1086788: Solve for the standard form and general form and the other parts of the parabola with the given conditions:
1.) The minimum point is -2 and 6.
2.) passing through points (2,8).
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Question 1086875: 2x^2 + y^2 = 4
the max and min value of 4x + y^2 ?
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Question 1087046: 289(x−12)2+64(y−3)2=1

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Question 1087158: Parabola whose vertex is the origin and focus is at (4,0)

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Question 1087142: What is the standard form of 4x^2+4y^2-16x+40y+67=0
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Question 1087260: Find the x intercepts of the parabola with vertex (1,5) and y intercept (0,2).
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Question 1087333: Please help me solve this equation:Find the equation of the circle center (2 , -3) and radius 4
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Question 1087334: What is the distance between P(-3, -2) and Q(5, -2)?
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Question 1087429: Sketch the graph and identify focus, directrix, vertex, latus rectum and axis of symmetry: y^2 = 40x
Thank you very much!
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Question 1087455: A semielliptic highway has a height of 20 feet and a width of 50 feet. Can a truck of 14 feet high and 10 feet wide drive under the archway without going into the other lane?
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Question 1087506: if a whispering gallery has a height of 30 feet and a width of 100 feet. where should 2 peaople stand if ther would like to whisper back and forth and be heard?
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Question 1087501: find the focus and directrix of the parabola y^2=14x and sketch
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Question 1087501: find the focus and directrix of the parabola y^2=14x and sketch
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