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"query": {
"display": "$$x^{2}+10x-y+15=0$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#x^{2}+10x-y+15=0"
},
"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Geometry",
"topic": "Parabola",
"subTopic": "formula",
"default": "(h,k)=(-5,-10),p=\\frac{1}{4}"
},
"steps": {
"type": "interim",
"title": "$$x^{2}+10x-y+15=0:\\quad$$Parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(-5,\\:-10\\right),\\:$$and focal length $$|p|=\\frac{1}{4}$$",
"input": "x^{2}+10x-y+15=0",
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"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 $$|p|$$"
},
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite $$x^{2}+10x-y+15=0\\:$$in the standard form",
"input": "x^{2}+10x-y+15=0",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite as",
"result": "y=x^{2}+10x+15"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Complete the square $$x^{2}+10x+15:{\\quad}\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}-10$$",
"input": "x^{2}+10x+15",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Write $$x^{2}+10x+15\\:$$in the form: $$x^2+2ax+a^2$$"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "$$2a=10{\\quad:\\quad}a=5$$",
"input": "2a=10",
"steps": [
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Divide both sides by $$2$$",
"input": "2a=10",
"result": "a=5",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide both sides by $$2$$",
"result": "\\frac{2a}{2}=\\frac{10}{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "a=5"
}
],
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"interimType": "Equations"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Add and subtract $$5^{2}\\:$$",
"result": "x^{2}+10x+15+5^{2}-5^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "$$x^2+2ax+a^2=\\left(x+a\\right)^2$$",
"secondary": [
"$$x^{2}+10x+5^{2}=\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}$$",
"Complete the square"
],
"result": "\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}+15-5^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}-10"
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"meta": {
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"interimType": "Complete Square 1Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "y=\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}-10"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Add $$10$$ to both sides",
"result": "y+10=\\left(x+5\\right)^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite in standard form",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{4}\\left(y-\\left(-10\\right)\\right)=\\left(x-\\left(-5\\right)\\right)^{2}"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Parabola Canonical Format 1Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{4}\\left(y-\\left(-10\\right)\\right)=\\left(x-\\left(-5\\right)\\right)^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore parabola properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(-5,\\:-10\\right),\\:p=\\frac{1}{4}"
}
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"meta": {
"solvingClass": "Parabola"
}
},
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"displayFormula": "y=-\\frac{41}{4}",
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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+10x-y+15=0 ?
The solution to x^2+10x-y+15=0 is Parabola with (h,k)=(-5,-10),p= 1/4