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Pre-Calculus Lesson 2: Jean B. Corpuz, LPT Instructor

This document provides an overview of parabolas including: - Defining a parabola as a set of points equidistant from a fixed point (focus) and fixed line (directrix) - Explaining that the standard form of a parabola's equation is y=ax^2 where a is a constant - Demonstrating how to determine the vertex, focus, directrix, and endpoints of the latus rectum from a parabola's equation - Solving an example problem to identify these features for a parabola opening upward with a vertex at (0,0)

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Pre-Calculus Lesson 2: Jean B. Corpuz, LPT Instructor

This document provides an overview of parabolas including: - Defining a parabola as a set of points equidistant from a fixed point (focus) and fixed line (directrix) - Explaining that the standard form of a parabola's equation is y=ax^2 where a is a constant - Demonstrating how to determine the vertex, focus, directrix, and endpoints of the latus rectum from a parabola's equation - Solving an example problem to identify these features for a parabola opening upward with a vertex at (0,0)

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PRE-CALCULUS

LESSON 2

JEAN B. CORPUZ, LPT


INSTRUCTOR
LESSON

2 PARABOLA
OBJECTIVES
• define a parabola;
• determine the standard form of equation
of a parabola;
• solve real-life problems involving conic
section (parabola);
• shows the ability to solve problems
involving conic sections (parabola).
PARAB
OLA

PARABOLA
Parabola - is a set of points on the
coordinate plane that are of equal distance
from a fixed point and a fixed line. The fixed
point is called the focus of the parabola and
the fixed line is called directrix.
The line connecting two points on the
parabola and passing through the focus is
called the latus rectum.

The axis of symmetry is the line which divides


the parabola into two equal parts and passes
through the vertex and the focus.
EQUATIONS OF THE PARABOLA
The equation of the parabola is a second-
degree polynomial in two variables; that is

Or

This is the general form of the equation of the


conic sections.
Standard Form of the Equations of
the Parabola

The standard form of the equation of the


parabola with vertex at (0,0) is given by

or

where 4c is the length of the latus rectum and c


is the distance of the vertex from the directrix
and the focus.
opens upward

opens downward

opens to the left

opens to the right


Example:

Identify the coordinates of the focus, endpoints


of the latus rectum, and the equation of the
directrix.

1.
1.
From the given, is a parabola that
opens upward and the vertex of the equation is
at (0, 0). From the standard form ,
4c = 4 so c=1. This means that the focus and
the directrix are 1 unit from the vertex (0,0).
Thus, the focus is at (0, 1) and the directrix is
y= -1. Since the length of latus rectum is 4, its
endpoint are 2 units to the left and to the right
of the focus (0,1). Hence, the endpoints of the
latus rectum are (-2, 1) and
(2, 1).
(-2, 1) F (0, 1) (2, 1)

Directrix y= -1

Vertex (0,0) Focus: (0,1) Directrix: (0, -1)

Endpoints of the latus rectum: (-2, 1) and (2, 1)


Standard Form of the Equations of the
Parabola
The standard form of the equation of the
parabola with vertex at (h,k) is given by

or

where, 4c is the length of the latus rectum and


c is the distance of the vertex from the directrix
and the focus.
Identify the coordinates of the vertex, focus, endpoints of
the latus rectum, and the equation of the axis and directrix.

1.
parabola that opens downward
V: (-2, 2)
4c = -4 ; c = -1
V (-2, 2)
f : ( h, k+c)
f: (-2, 1)

D : ( h, k - c) (-4, 1) F (-2, 1)
(0, 1)
D: (-2, 2 – (-1))
D : (-2, 3)
Axis of symmetry: x =-2
Axis of symmetry x =-2

Points (-4, 1) and (0, 1).


2.
Solution: parabola that opens to the right

V: (2, 1) Directrix x = 1

4c = 4 ; c = 1 (3, 3)
f : ( h+c, k)
f: (2+1, 1) Axis of symmetry y = 1
f: (3, 1)
V (2,1) F (3, 1)

D : ( h-c, k )
D: ( 2-1, 1) (3, -1)
D : (1, 1)
Axis of symmetry y = 1

Points (3, 3) and (3, -1).


PARABOLA
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