Concept explainers
To find: Equation of parabola.
Answer to Problem 4CT
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Focus of parabola =
Directrix of parabola is
Let
Find the distance between
Then Find the distance between
Equate these two distances and we will get the equation of parabola in term of
Distance between
Distance between
On equating distances
We get
Squaring on both sides
We get
Therefore
Standard form of Parabola is
Graph of parabola is
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