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Conics: Parabolas:
Finding Information from the Equation (page 2 of 4)
Sections: Introduction, Finding information from the equation, Finding the equation from information, Word problems & Calculators
- Graph x2 = 4y and state the vertex, focus, axis of symmetry, and directrix.
This is the same graphing that I've done in the past: y = (1/4)x2. So I'll do the graph as usual:
The vertex is obviously at the origin, but I need to 'show' this 'algebraically' by rearranging the given equation into the conics form:
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(x – 0)2 = 4(y – 0)
This rearrangement 'shows' that the vertex is at (h, k) = (0, 0). The axis of symmetry is the vertical line right through the vertex: x = 0. (I can always check my graph, if I'm not sure about this.) The focus is 'p' units from the vertex. Since the focus is 'inside' the parabola and since this is a 'right side up' graph, the focus has to be above the vertex.
From the conics form of the equation, shown above, I look at what's multiplied on the unsquared part and see that 4p = 4, so p = 1. Then the focus is one unit above the vertex, at (0, 1), and the directrix is the horizontal line y = –1, one unit below the vertex.
vertex: (0, 0); focus: (0, 1); axis of symmetry: x = 0; directrix: y = –1
- Graph y2 + 10y + x + 25 = 0, and state the vertex, focus, axis of symmetry, and directrix.
Since the y is squared in this equation, rather than the x, then this is a 'sideways' parabola. To graph, I'll do my T-chart backwards, picking y-values first and then finding the corresponding x-values for x = –y2 – 10y – 25:
To convert the equation into conics form and find the exact vertex, etc, I'll need to convert the equation to perfect-square form. In this case, the squared side is already a perfect square, so:
y2 + 10y + 25 = –x
(y + 5)2 = –1(x – 0)
This tells me that 4p = –1, so p = –1/4. Since the parabola opens to the left, then the focus is 1/4 units to the left of the vertex. I can see from the equation above that the vertex is at (h, k) = (0, –5), so then the focus must be at (–1/4, –5). The parabola is sideways, so the axis of symmetry is, too. The directrix, being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry, is then vertical, and is 1/4 units to the right of the vertex. Putting this all together, I get:
vertex: (0, –5); focus: (–1/4, –5); axis of symmetry: y = –5; directrix: x = 1/4
- Find the vertex and focus of y2 + 6y + 12x – 15 = 0
The y part is squared, so this is a sideways parabola. I'll get the y stuff by itself on one side of the equation, and then complete the square to convert this to conics form.
y2 + 6y – 15 = –12x
y2 + 6y + 9 – 15 = –12x + 9
(y + 3)2 – 15 = –12x + 9
(y + 3)2 = –12x + 9 + 15 = –12x + 24
(y + 3)2 = –12(x – 2)
(y – (–3))2 = 4(–3)(x – 2)
Then the vertex is at (h, k) = (2, –3) and the value of p is –3. Since y is squared and p is negative, then this is a sideways parabola that opens to the left. This puts the focus 3 units to the left of the vertex.
vertex: (2, –3); focus: (–1, –3)
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