Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.3 - The Parabola - Exercise Set - Page 996: 1

Answer

Focus is: $(1,0)$ and directrix is: $x=-1$; $\bf{Graph (c)}$

Work Step by Step

Standard form of a parabola is given as: $y^2=4px$ ...(1) Formula to find focus is: $F(p,0)$ and formula to find directrix is: $x=-p$ As we are given that $y^2=4x$ Compare this form with the equation (1), we have: $p=1$ Thus, Focus is: $(1,0)$ and directrix is: $x=-1$ All the above information matches to the $\bf{Graph (c)}$.
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