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Find the focus, directrix, and focal diameter of the parabola, and sketch its graph.$$x^{2}=y$$
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This is a parabola that opens upwards. The general form of such a parabola is $x^{2}=4py$, where $p$ is the distance from the vertex to the focus and the vertex to the directrix. Show more…
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