Activity 4
Name:_____________________________________________
Find the coordinates of the focus, endpoints of the latus rectum, opening of the parabola,
equation of the directrix, and Axis of symmetry Draw the parabola, its focus, latus
rectum and directrix.
1. 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚
Solution:
4
𝑝 = ______
3
𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 (___, ___)
2
𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑎: _________
1 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑚
0 (___, ___) (___, ___)
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
𝐴𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦: ____ =_____
-1
𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 ∶ ______= ______
-2
-3
-4
2. 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟒𝒙
4 Solution:
𝑝 = ______
2
𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 (___, ___)
1
𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑎: _________
0 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑚
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1 (___, ___) (___, ___)
𝐴𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦: ____ =_____
-2
𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 ∶ ______= ______
-3
-4
Write the equation of the parabola in standard form with vertex at the origin that satisfies
the given conditions. Draw the parabola, its focus, latus rectum and directrix.
1. The focus has coordinates (0, 6)
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
-10
-11
-12
Solution:
Solution:
𝑝 = ______
𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 (___, ___)
𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑎: _________
𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑚
(___, ___) (___, ___)
𝐴𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦: ____ =_____
𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑥 ∶ ______= ______
