Question

Write the equation of a parabola with a vertex at (10, 0) and a directrix x = 8. My answer is x-10=1/8y2

Answer 1

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

i think it is not, u must make the graph in order to test ur answer

Answer 3

I did that was the answer I got

Answer 4

thats a good guess, you got the focus part wrong. else everything is right

Answer 5

Is it y-10 then?

Answer 6

i got y^2 =48(x-10) could u explain the method that u used to see where u made the mistake

Answer 7

y^2 = 4p(x - h)

Answer 8

p is the focus ?

Answer 9

no it isnt typo

Answer 10

im asking in your equation, y^2 = 4p(x - h), p is the focus, right ?

Answer 11

O yea p is the focus?

Answer 12

p is the focus

Answer 13

ok lets find the focus, then

Answer 14

your answer, x-10=1/8y2, is correct except for the focus thing.

you got h, k correctly there.