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Part 1: Identify key features and graph a parabola from standard form.
Answer the following questions to determine the key features of the parabola based on the
equation shown, and then graph it.
12(x + 3) = (y - 2)^2

a) What is the axis of symmetry of the parabola? Explain how to determine this from the equation.
(1 point)

b) What is the vertex of the parabola? (1 point)

c) What is the focus of the parabola? (2 points)

d) What is the directrix of the parabola? (2 points)

e) Sketch a graph of the parabola and label the vertex, focus, directrix, and axis of symmetry. (4 point

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The axis of symmetry is the line, y = 2

b)  The vertex  of a parabola is (-3, 2)

c) The focus of the parabola is (0, 2)

d) The directrix of a parabola is, x = -6

e) Please find attached the graph of the parabola

Step-by-step explanation:

a) The function for the parabola can be expressed as follows;

12·(x + 3) = (y - 2)²

The general form of the equation of the parabola is x = a·(y - k)² + h

The axis of symmetry is the line, y = k

By comparison, with the given equation of the parabola, we have;

12·(x + 3) = (y - 2)²

x = (1/12)·(y - 2)² - 3

Therefore;

a = (1/12), k = 2, h = -3

The axis of symmetry is y = k

∴ The axis of symmetry is the line, y = 2

b) The vertex  of a parabola = (h, k)

∴ The vertex  of a parabola = (-3, 2)

c) The focus of a parabola is $\left(h + \dfrac{1}{4\cdot a} , \ k\right)$

Therefore, the focus of the parabola is $\left(-3 + \dfrac{1}{4\cdot \dfrac{1}{12} } , \ 2\right)$ = (0, 2)

The focus of the parabola = (0, 2)

d) The directrix of a parabola is $h - \dfrac{1}{4\cdot a}$

$\therefore h - \dfrac{1}{4\cdot a} = -3 - \dfrac{1}{4\cdot \dfrac{1}{12} } = -3 - 3 } = -6$

The directrix of a parabola is, x = -6

e) Please find attached the graph of the parabola, showing the vertex, focus, directrix, and axis of symmetry, created with Microsoft Excel

Answer 2

The axis of symmetry of the parabola is y = 2, the vertex of the parabola is (-3, 2), the focus of the parabola is (0, 2) and the directrix of the parabola is x = -6

It is given that the parabola equation is  $\rm 12(x+3)=(y-2)^2$

What is a parabola?

It is defined as the graph of a quadratic function that has something bowl-shaped.

We know the standard form of a parabola is:

$\rm x= a(y-k)^2+h$  .........(1)

We have the equation of parabola:

$\rm 12(x+3)=(y-2)^2\\\\\rm x+3 =\frac{1}{12} [(y-2)^2]\\\\\rm x =\frac{1}{12} [(y-2)^2]-3$........(2)

a) Axis of symmetry: the axis of symmetry is a straight line that divides the parabola into two identical parts.

By comparing the equation (1) and (2), we get:

Axis of symmetry ⇒ (y - k) = 0 ⇒ (y - 2) = 0 ⇒ y = 2.

b) Vertex of the parabola = (h,k): (-3, 2)

c) The focus of the parabola is $\rm (h+\frac{1}{4a} ,k)$,

$\rm h = -3, a = \frac{1}{12} , k= 2$

∴ $\rm (-3+\frac{1}{4\times(\frac{1}{12}) } ,2)\\\\\rm (0,2)$

The focus of the parabola is (0, 2)

d) The directrix of a parabola is $\rm x = h-\frac{1}{4a}$

$\rm x = -3-\frac{1}{4\times\frac{1}{12} }\\\\\rm x= -3-3\\\rm x= -6$

The directrix of a is x = -6

e) Shown in the below picture: graph of the parabola and vertex, focus, directrix, and axis of symmetry

Thus, the axis of symmetry of the parabola is y = 2, the vertex of the parabola is (-3, 2), the focus of the parabola is (0, 2) and the directrix of the parabola is x = -6

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