Question

Identify the vertex, focus, and directrix of the parabola with the equation x^2 – 6x – 8y + 49 = 0

Answer 1

What is the standard eq for a parabola?

Answer 2

im not sure...what is it?

Answer 3

Go ahead and google it, purplemath, mathisfun, wolfram, and pauls online notes are all good sites. Then tell me

Answer 4

y=ax^2+bx+c ?

Answer 5

yep

Answer 6

so does ours look like that?

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

so first thing we want to do is make it look like that.

Answer 9

any ideas on how we will do that?