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What is the standard form of the equation of the parabola with vertex 00 and directrix y4?
Assuming the vertex is 0,0 and the directrix is y=4 x^2=0
What does 4 stands for in equation of parabola square of square of y equals 4ax?
A parabola with an equation, y2 = 4ax has its vertex at the origin and opens to the right. It's not just the '4' that is important, it's '4a' that matters. This type of parabola has a directrix at x = -a, and a focus at (a, 0). By writing the equation as it is, the position of the directrix and focus are readily identifiable. For example, y2 = 2.4x doesn't say a great deal. Re-writing the equation of the parabola as y2 = 4*(0.6)x tells us immediately that the directrix is at x = -0.6 and the focus is at (0.6, 0)
What object using a directrix and a focus?
parabola
What geometric shape has focus and directrix?
A parabola.
Why is every point on a parabola equidistant to the focus and the directrix?
Because that is how a parabola is defined!
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