Answer
vertex: $(0,0)$
Focus: $(\frac{5}{8},0)$
Directrix: $x=-\frac{5}{8}$
Work Step by Step
$2y^2=5x$
or,
$y^2=4(\frac{5}{8})x$
Thus,
vertex: $(0,0)$
Focus: $(\frac{5}{8},0)$
Directrix: $x=-\frac{5}{8}$
Calculus 8th Edition
by Stewart, James
Published by
Cengage
ISBN 10:
1285740629
ISBN 13:
978-1-28574-062-1
Chapter 10 - Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates - 10.5 Conic Sections - 10.5 Exercises - Page 720: 2
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