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ahaslip
Dec 5, 2010, 11:49 AM

galactus
Dec 5, 2010, 01:14 PM
Just use

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

p is the distance from the vertex to the focus. (h,k) are the coordinates of the vertex.

Just plug in. Solve for x if need be.