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rodneyrhoney1
May 20, 2011, 05:14 PM
Find the directrix of the parabola x + 8 = 1/8(y - 2)2.

Unknown008
May 21, 2011, 05:50 AM
Have it in the form:

4p(x-h) = (y-k)^2

The directrix becomes the line with equation x = k-p.