SOLUTION: without writing the equation y + x^2 = -(8x + 23) in standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola.

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Question 533215: without writing the equation y + x^2 = -(8x + 23) in standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola.
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without writing the equation y + x^2 = -(8x + 23) in standard form, state whether the graph of this equation is a parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola.
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Ans: Parabola opening downward.
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Stan H.