SOLUTION: Use the info provided to write the standard form of each parabola. 1) Vertex (-4,-6). Focus (-4,-49/8) I'm working on my math summer assignment and I don't remember much about

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Question 768170: Use the info provided to write the standard form of each parabola.
1) Vertex (-4,-6). Focus (-4,-49/8)
I'm working on my math summer assignment and I don't remember much about this topic.
Thanks for your help.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Briefly, you can use the definition of a parabola. The directrix is on the other side of the vertex than the focus. From -6.125, to -6.000, to -5.875, The directrix would be y=-5.875, or y=-5%267%2F8.

You use the distance formula, the focus, and the directrix, to find the set of points equally distant from the focus and the directrix.