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mrwj22
Jun 3, 2009, 07:09 PM
Graph the parabola.Include focus and directrix.

6x^2=5y

Perito
Jun 3, 2009, 07:37 PM
This question, or some very similar to it, have been answered many times.

Click for another thread (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/math-sciences/vertex-focus-directrix-parabola-360625.html)

Check out the parabola discussion on Wikipedia.

Parabola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabola)

Basically, you put the equation into one of two standard forms (listed on the Wikipedia site). Then pick out the focus, directrix, and the vertex. Then pull out some graph paper and draw it.