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nadsoflee
Apr 20, 2010, 12:47 PM
I need to know how I find an equation for this problem. How do these numbers plug into (x-h)^2=4p(y-k)?

galactus
Apr 21, 2010, 02:24 AM
p is the (absolute value) distance from the focus to the vertex. You can find that from the given coordinates.
(h,k) are the vertex coordinates.

Plug them in.