A parabola and its directrix are shown on the graph. What are the coordinates of the focus of the parabola?

(0,2) (0,-2) (2,0) (-2,0)

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Cara Novak

Mathematics

13 January, 19:22

A parabola and its directrix are shown on the graph. What are the coordinates of the focus of the parabola?

(0,2) (0,-2) (2,0) (-2,0)

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Noelle Costa · Answer 1

The answer to this is 0,2. I'm assuming that the directrix is at y=-2. This is because the directrix is always going to be the opposite of the focus. So if the directrix is 0,-2 then the focus will be 0,2.

A parabola and its directrix are shown on the graph. What are the coordinates of the focus of the parabola?(0,2) (0,-2) (2,0) (-2,0)

A parabola and its directrix are shown on the graph. What are the coordinates of the focus of the parabola?

(0,2) (0,-2) (2,0) (-2,0)