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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you find the focus of a parabola from a vertex equation

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

what's the equation? usually you'd want to put in a \(\bf (y-k)^2=4p(x-h) \qquad or\qquad (x-h)^2=4p(y-k)\\ \quad \\ p=\textit{distance form the vertex to the focus}\) form

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[2(x+6)^{2}\]

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

\(\bf y=2(x+6)^2\implies y=2(x+6)^2+0\implies \cfrac{1}{2}(y-0)=(x+6)^2\)

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

notice your vertex coordinates, notice the "p" distance

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