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Identify the conic
Find the standard equation of the parabola
Find the vertex of the parabola
Find the focus of the parabola
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y2=4x
Evaluate
4x−y2=0
Move the expression to the right-hand side and change its sign
−y2=0−4x
Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression
−y2=−4x
Multiply both sides of the equation by −1
−y2(−1)=−4x(−1)
Multiplying or dividing an even number of negative terms equals a positive
y2=−4x(−1)
Solution
y2=4x
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Solve the equation
Solve for x
Solve for y
x=4y2
Evaluate
4x−y2=0
Move the expression to the right-hand side and change its sign
4x=0+y2
Add the terms
4x=y2
Divide both sides
44x=4y2
Solution
x=4y2
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Testing for symmetry
Testing for symmetry about the origin
Testing for symmetry about the x-axis
Testing for symmetry about the y-axis
Not symmetry with respect to the origin
Evaluate
4x−y2=0
To test if the graph of 4x−y2=0 is symmetry with respect to the origin,substitute -x for x and -y for y
4(−x)−(−y)2=0
Evaluate
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Evaluate
4(−x)−(−y)2
Multiply the numbers
−4x−(−y)2
Rewrite the expression
−4x−y2
−4x−y2=0
Solution
Not symmetry with respect to the origin
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Find the first derivative
Find the derivative with respect to x
Find the derivative with respect to y
dxdy=y2
Calculate
4x−y2=0
Take the derivative of both sides
dxd(4x−y2)=dxd(0)
Calculate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(4x−y2)
Use differentiation rules
dxd(4x)+dxd(−y2)
Evaluate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(4x)
Use differentiation rule dxd(cf(x))=c×dxd(f(x))
4×dxd(x)
Use dxdxn=nxn−1 to find derivative
4×1
Any expression multiplied by 1 remains the same
4
4+dxd(−y2)
Evaluate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(−y2)
Use differentiation rules
dyd(−y2)×dxdy
Evaluate the derivative
−2ydxdy
4−2ydxdy
4−2ydxdy=dxd(0)
Calculate the derivative
4−2ydxdy=0
Move the constant to the right-hand side and change its sign
−2ydxdy=0−4
Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression
−2ydxdy=−4
Divide both sides
−2y−2ydxdy=−2y−4
Divide the numbers
dxdy=−2y−4
Solution
dxdy=y2
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Find the second derivative
Find the second derivative with respect to x
Find the second derivative with respect to y
dx2d2y=−y34
Calculate
4x−y2=0
Take the derivative of both sides
dxd(4x−y2)=dxd(0)
Calculate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(4x−y2)
Use differentiation rules
dxd(4x)+dxd(−y2)
Evaluate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(4x)
Use differentiation rule dxd(cf(x))=c×dxd(f(x))
4×dxd(x)
Use dxdxn=nxn−1 to find derivative
4×1
Any expression multiplied by 1 remains the same
4
4+dxd(−y2)
Evaluate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(−y2)
Use differentiation rules
dyd(−y2)×dxdy
Evaluate the derivative
−2ydxdy
4−2ydxdy
4−2ydxdy=dxd(0)
Calculate the derivative
4−2ydxdy=0
Move the constant to the right-hand side and change its sign
−2ydxdy=0−4
Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression
−2ydxdy=−4
Divide both sides
−2y−2ydxdy=−2y−4
Divide the numbers
dxdy=−2y−4
Cancel out the common factor −2
dxdy=y2
Take the derivative of both sides
dxd(dxdy)=dxd(y2)
Calculate the derivative
dx2d2y=dxd(y2)
Use differentiation rules
dx2d2y=2×dxd(y1)
Rewrite the expression in exponential form
dx2d2y=2×dxd(y−1)
Calculate the derivative
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Evaluate
dxd(y−1)
Use differentiation rules
dyd(y−1)×dxdy
Use dxdxn=nxn−1 to find derivative
−y−2dxdy
dx2d2y=2(−y−2dxdy)
Rewrite the expression
dx2d2y=2(−y2dxdy)
Calculate
dx2d2y=−y22dxdy
Use equation dxdy=y2 to substitute
dx2d2y=−y22×y2
Solution
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Calculate
−y22×y2
Multiply the terms
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Multiply the terms
2×y2
Multiply the terms
y2×2
Multiply the terms
y4
−y2y4
Divide the terms
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Evaluate
y2y4
Multiply by the reciprocal
y4×y21
Multiply the terms
y×y24
Multiply the terms
y34
−y34
dx2d2y=−y34
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Rewrite the equation
r=0r=4cos(θ)csc2(θ)
Evaluate
4x−y2=0
To convert the equation to polar coordinates,substitute x for rcos(θ) and y for rsin(θ)
4cos(θ)×r−(sin(θ)×r)2=0
Factor the expression
−sin2(θ)×r2+4cos(θ)×r=0
Factor the expression
r(−sin2(θ)×r+4cos(θ))=0
When the product of factors equals 0,at least one factor is 0
r=0−sin2(θ)×r+4cos(θ)=0
Solution
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Factor the expression
−sin2(θ)×r+4cos(θ)=0
Subtract the terms
−sin2(θ)×r+4cos(θ)−4cos(θ)=0−4cos(θ)
Evaluate
−sin2(θ)×r=−4cos(θ)
Divide the terms
r=sin2(θ)4cos(θ)
Simplify the expression
r=4cos(θ)csc2(θ)
r=0r=4cos(θ)csc2(θ)
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