Ian P.

asked • 05/14/22

Can someone help me understand how to solve this problem?

Find the polar equation of the conic with focus at the pole.

Parabola Directrix: x = -1


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What do you mean by focus at the pole? Is this a left or right parabola? Be sure all information is included.
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Ian P.

Those are the only pieces of information my teacher gave me. Sorry about that
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Visit the above graph and drag point P to see that distance to focus is same as distance to directrix (always).


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