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OpenStudy (anonymous):

where does a parabola come from?

OpenStudy (shadowfiend):

What do you mean?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's the collection of all points that are the same distance from a point called the focus and a line called the directrix.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Also, any single variable equation of degree 2 is a parabola

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