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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the vertex, focus, and directrix of the parabola 4x-y^2-2y-33

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@primeralph

OpenStudy (primeralph):

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Parabola.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but how would i find the vertex?

OpenStudy (primeralph):

y = -b/2a = --2/-2 = -1. Plug that in for the x coordinate.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when I solved this I got two complex numbers is that correct?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well for the y value

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