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Focus of Parabola

Authored by Anthony Clark

Mathematics

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Focus of Parabola
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Upwards

Downwards

To the right

To the left

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does the distance between the focus and directrix affect the width of a parabola?

Increasing the distance makes the parabola wider.

Increasing the distance makes the parabola narrower.

The distance does not affect the width of the parabola.

The width of the parabola is only affected by the orientation of the directrix.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The focus is always inside the parabola.

true

false

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The focus is at (2,0) and the vertex is at (-4,0).  What is the equation of the parabola?

y2 = 24(x+4)

(y+4)2 = -12x

x2 = 16(y+4)

(x+4)2  = -20y

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

(y-4)2 = -8(x+1)
What are the coordinates for the focus?

(1,4)

(-1,6)

(-1,2)

(-3,4)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The vertex is halfway between the focus and directrix.

true

false

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