1. Finding the Focus & Directrix of a Parabola Melody Cariaga Diana Delgado AilaFeliciano Angelica Pontejos

2. What is a parabola? A parabola is the set of points in the plane equally distant from a fixed line and a fixed point not on the line.

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4. Parabola with vertex at (0,0)

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12. REMEMBER! If the y is being squared, then p corresponds to the x-coordinate of the focus. If the x is being squared, then p corresponds to the y-coordinate of the focus.

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22. Parabola with vertex at (h,k)

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