y = ax^2 + c where a and c are constants and a is not 0.
To find the equation of the axis of symmetry for a parabola given in the standard form (y = ax^2 + bx + c), you can use the formula (x = -\frac{b}{2a}). This value of (x) represents the vertical line that divides the parabola into two mirror-image halves. If the parabola is represented in vertex form (y = a(x-h)^2 + k), the axis of symmetry is simply the line (x = h).
Once you calculate the X coordinate using the axis of symmetry (X=-b/2a), you plug that value in for all of the X's in the equation of the parabola. You then solve the equation for the value of Y.
The vertical line containing the vertex of a parabola is called the axis of symmetry. This line is perpendicular to the directrix and divides the parabola into two mirror-image halves. For a parabola defined by the equation (y = ax^2 + bx + c), the axis of symmetry can be found using the formula (x = -\frac{b}{2a}).
Since the vertex is at the origin and the parabola opens downward, the equation of the parabola is x2 = 4py, where p < 0, and the axis of symmetry is the y-axis. So the focus is at y-axis at (0, p) and the directrix equation is y = -p. Now, what do you mean with 1 and 76 units? 1.76 units? If the distance of the vertex and the focus is 1.76 units, then p = -1.76, thus 4p = -7.04, then the equation of the parabola is x2 = -7.04y.
An equation for a sideways parabola can be expressed in the form ( y^2 = 4px ) for a parabola that opens to the right, or ( y^2 = -4px ) for one that opens to the left. Here, ( p ) represents the distance from the vertex to the focus. The vertex of the parabola is at the origin (0,0), and the axis of symmetry is horizontal. If the vertex is not at the origin, the equation can be adjusted to ( (y-k)^2 = 4p(x-h) ), where ((h, k)) is the vertex.
Did you mean a parabola with equation y=3x^2? The line of symmetry is x=0 or the y-axis.
Line of symmetry: x = 3
How about y = (x - 2)2 = x2 - 4x + 4 ? That is the equation of a parabola whose axis of symmetry is the vertical line, x = 2. Its vertex is located at the point (2, 0).
Once you calculate the X coordinate using the axis of symmetry (X=-b/2a), you plug that value in for all of the X's in the equation of the parabola. You then solve the equation for the value of Y.
The line of symmetry located on a parabola is right down the center. A parabola is a U shape. Depending on the direction of the parabola it either has a x axis of symmetry or y axis of symmetry. You should have two equal sides of the parabola.
The axis of symmetry is x = -2.
Parallel to the y-axis, going through the highest/lowest point of the parabola (if the parabola is negative/positive, respectively).
Set y = 0 and solve for x, with a parabola you should get one, two, or no x-axis crossings, it depends on the equation and the location on the x-y axis of the parabola.
Since the vertex is at the origin and the parabola opens downward, the equation of the parabola is x2 = 4py, where p < 0, and the axis of symmetry is the y-axis. So the focus is at y-axis at (0, p) and the directrix equation is y = -p. Now, what do you mean with 1 and 76 units? 1.76 units? If the distance of the vertex and the focus is 1.76 units, then p = -1.76, thus 4p = -7.04, then the equation of the parabola is x2 = -7.04y.
Yes. think of a parabola that curves around the y-axis. an equation like x = square root of (y2 - 9) simply switch the x's and y's in the equation and your parabola opens up around the y-axis and the x-axis respectively
An equation for a sideways parabola can be expressed in the form ( y^2 = 4px ) for a parabola that opens to the right, or ( y^2 = -4px ) for one that opens to the left. Here, ( p ) represents the distance from the vertex to the focus. The vertex of the parabola is at the origin (0,0), and the axis of symmetry is horizontal. If the vertex is not at the origin, the equation can be adjusted to ( (y-k)^2 = 4p(x-h) ), where ((h, k)) is the vertex.
Your equation must be in y=ax^2+bx+c form Then the equation is x= -b/2a That is how you find the axis of symmetry