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"query": {
"display": "$$y^{2}-8x=0$$",
"symbolab_question": "CONIC#y^{2}-8x=0"
},
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"topic": "Parabola",
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"default": "(h,k)=(0,0),p=2"
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"title": "$$y^{2}-8x=0:\\quad$$Parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:$$and focal length $$|p|=2$$",
"input": "y^{2}-8x=0",
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Parabola standard equation",
"text": "$$4p\\left(x-h\\right)=\\left(y-k\\right)^{2}\\:$$ is the standard equation for a right-left facing parabola with vertex at $$\\left(h,\\:k\\right),\\:$$<br/>and a focal length $$|p|$$"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite $$y^{2}-8x=0\\:$$in the standard form:$${\\quad}4\\cdot\\:2\\left(x-0\\right)=\\left(y-0\\right)^{2}$$",
"input": "y^{2}-8x=0",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract $$y^{2}$$ from both sides",
"result": "y^{2}-8x-y^{2}=0-y^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Refine",
"result": "-8x=-y^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide both sides by $$-1$$",
"result": "\\frac{-8x}{-1}=\\frac{-y^{2}}{-1}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "8x=y^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Factor $$4$$",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:\\frac{8}{4}x=y^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:2x=y^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Rewrite as",
"result": "4\\cdot\\:2\\left(x-0\\right)=\\left(y-0\\right)^{2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Therefore parabola properties are:",
"result": "\\left(h,\\:k\\right)=\\left(0,\\:0\\right),\\:p=2"
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Solution
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite in the standard form:
Therefore parabola properties are:
Graph
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What is y^2-8x=0 ?
The solution to y^2-8x=0 is Parabola with (h,k)=(0,0),p=2