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"query": {
"display": "$$x^{2}=y-4$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#x^{2}=y-4"
},
"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Geometry",
"topic": "Parabola",
"subTopic": "formula",
"default": "(h,k)=(0,4),p=\\frac{1}{4}"
},
"steps": {
"type": "interim",
"title": "$$x^{2}=y-4:\\quad$$Parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:4\\right),\\:$$and focal length $$|p|=\\frac{1}{4}$$",
"input": "x^{2}=y-4",
"steps": [
{
"type": "definition",
"title": "Parabola standard equation",
"text": "$$4p\\left(y-k\\right)=\\left(x-h\\right)^{2}\\:$$ is the standard equation for an up-down facing parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right),\\:$$<br/>and a focal length $$|p|$$"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite $$x^{2}=y-4\\:$$in the standard form:$${\\quad}4\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{4}\\left(y-4\\right)=\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}$$",
"input": "x^{2}=y-4",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Switch sides",
"result": "y-4=x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Factor $$4$$",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{4}\\left(y-4\\right)=x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite as",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{4}\\left(y-4\\right)=\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}"
}
],
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"interimType": "Parabola Canonical Format Title 1Eq",
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}
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore parabola properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:4\\right),\\:p=\\frac{1}{4}"
}
],
"meta": {
"solvingClass": "Parabola"
}
},
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{
"evalFormula": "y=\\frac{x^{2}}{4\\frac{1}{4}}+4",
"displayFormula": "4\\frac{1}{4}(y-4)=x^{2}",
"attributes": {
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"lineType": "NORMAL",
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"evalFormula": "y=\\frac{15}{4}",
"displayFormula": "y=\\frac{15}{4}",
"attributes": {
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"lineType": "NORMAL",
"labels": [
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}
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"attributes": [
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"color": "PURPLE",
"labels": [
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{
"color": "PURPLE",
"labels": [
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"plotTitle": "4\\cdot \\frac{1}{4}(y-4)=x^{2}",
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Solution
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite in the standard form:
Therefore parabola properties are:
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What is x^2=y-4 ?
The solution to x^2=y-4 is Parabola with (h,k)=(0,4),p= 1/4