Answer
parabola, vertex $(0,0)$, focus $(-4,0)$, and directrix $x=4$.
Work Step by Step
1. Given $y^2=-16x$, we can identify it as a parabola opens to the left with $p=4$.
2. We can find its vertex $(0,0)$, focus $(-4,0)$, and directrix $x=4$.
Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)
by Sullivan III, Michael
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-32193-104-1
ISBN 13:
978-0-32193-104-7
Chapter 9 - Analytic Geometry - Cumulative Review - Review Exercises - Page 719: 1
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