NewiJapper
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Make a sketch of the parabola showing the vertex, focus and directix.
Make a sketch of the parabola showing the vertex, focus and directix.
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Quadratic polynomial and the parabola (1 Viewer)
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Make a sketch of the parabola showing the vertex, focus and directix.
vertex= ( 2,0)
focal length= 3
it is a sideways parabola open to the left
focus= (-1,0)
directrix: x=5
a few tricks but not too bad, probably Q6 2 unit hsc level
NewiJapper
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it was in q7 of our trials. thanks though ive never come across a sideways parabola before in all my study :/
hscishard
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u srs
NewiJapper
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at least not that i can remember.