Conic Sections: Parabolas
Down
What direction does (x-1)²=-8y open?
Up
What direction does (x-1)²=4(y+5) open?
Down
What direction does this parabola open?
Right
What direction does this parabola open?
The set of all points in a plane which are an equal distance away from a given point and given line.
What is a parabola?
x = 2
What is the axis of symmetry of the parabola?
y = 2
What is the axis of symmetry of the parabola?
A line that is perpendicular to the axis of the parabola
What is the directrix of a parabola?
x = -5
What is the directrix of the parabola?
y = 1
What is the directrix of the parabola?
(-1, 2)
What is the focus of the parabola?
(2, -7)
What is the focus of the parabola?
16
What is the length of the latus rectum?
(1,0)
What is the vertex of (x-1)²=-8y?
(1,-5)
What is the vertex of (x-1)²=4(y+5) ?
point of intersection of the parabola and its axis of symmetry
What is the vertex of a parabola?
(2, -3)
What is the vertex of the parabola?
(-3, 2)
What is the vertex of this parabola?
