SOLUTION: Graph each conic section and state the desired information? Parabola x= y^2 + 8y + 20

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Question 242289: Graph each conic section and state the desired information?
Parabola
x= y^2 + 8y + 20
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ay%5E2%2Bby%2Bc=0 (in our case 1y%5E2%2B8y%2B20+=+0) has the following solutons:

y%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant b%5E2-4ac should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant b%5E2-4ac: b%5E2-4ac=%288%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A20=-16.

The discriminant -16 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -16 is + or - sqrt%28+16%29+=+4.

The solution is y%5B12%5D+=+%28-8%2B-+i%2Asqrt%28+-16+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=++%28-8%2B-+i%2A4%29%2F2%5C1+

Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B8%2Ax%2B20+%29