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"query": {
"display": "$$4x^{2}=-y$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#4x^{2}=-y"
},
"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Geometry",
"topic": "Parabola",
"subTopic": "formula",
"default": "(h,k)=(0,0),p=-\\frac{1}{16}"
},
"steps": {
"type": "interim",
"title": "$$4x^{2}=-y:\\quad$$Parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:$$and focal length $$|p|=\\frac{1}{16}$$",
"input": "4x^{2}=-y",
"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 $$4x^{2}=-y\\:$$in the standard form:$${\\quad}4\\left(-\\frac{1}{16}\\right)\\left(y-0\\right)=\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}$$",
"input": "4x^{2}=-y",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Switch sides",
"result": "-y=4x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide both sides by $$4$$",
"result": "\\frac{-y}{4}=\\frac{4x^{2}}{4}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "-\\frac{y}{4}=x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Factor $$4$$",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{-\\frac{1}{4}}{4}y=x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "4\\left(-\\frac{1}{16}\\right)y=x^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite as",
"result": "4\\left(-\\frac{1}{16}\\right)\\left(y-0\\right)=\\left(x-0\\right)^{2}"
}
],
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}
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore parabola properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:p=-\\frac{1}{16}"
}
],
"meta": {
"solvingClass": "Parabola"
}
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Solution
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite in the standard form:
Therefore parabola properties are:
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What is 4x^2=-y ?
The solution to 4x^2=-y is Parabola with (h,k)=(0,0),p=-1/16