Question

Hi! I'm Claudine Veluya a 2nd year college student.

could someone have an additional information about parabola? thank you.

Answer 1

hello, what information about parabola do you already have?

Answer 2

I'm i right that Parabola is a set of all points equidistant from a line and a fixed point not on the line, the line is called the directrix, and the point is called the focus. The point on the parabola halfway between the focus and the directrix is the vertex. The line containing the focus and the vertex is the axis. A parabola is symmetric with respect to its axis.

Answer 3

also, the segment joining two points of the parabola, parallel to the directrix and through the focus is the latus rectum of the parabola.

Answer 4

the Latus rectum of the parabola is use if they have the given of vertex. I'm i right. sirm3d.

Answer 5

well what i suggest is that you should refer some text for parabola as it will give you better understanding

Answer 6

oh its that an example of Parabola? unkleRhaukus

Answer 7

^ yep, any object thrown up into the air (other than straight up) follows a parabolic path due to gravity.

Answer 8

you can make a parabola by holding a string between two points

Answer 9

@UnkleRhaukus won't that make a catenary curve?

Answer 10

ok @agent0smith, your right , the hanging string is a catenary curve which is not quite the same as a parabola, but they look kinda similar

Answer 11

^ yep and you can model them with a parabola pretty closely.

Answer 12

i"m right that is an example of Property of Parabolas because The tangent line at a point P on a parabola makes equal with the line through P parallel to axis of symmetry and the line through P and the focus.
let P