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