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The standard form of the equation of the parabola with the given characteristic(s) and vertex at the origin and directrix is y² = 16x.
What is the parabola?
It is the locus of a point that moves so that it is always the same distance from a non-movable point and a given line. The non-movable point is called focus and the non-movable line is called the directrix.
Given that the parabola's vertex is located at the origin and that the directrix is at x = -4, the focus is at (4,0).
Then the equation can be written as
[tex]\rm \sqrt{(x-4)^2 +(y-0)^2} = \sqrt{(x+4)^2 + (y-y)^2}\\\\\sqrt{(x-4)^2 +(y-0)^2} = \sqrt{(x+4)^2}[/tex]
On squaring both sides, we have
[tex]\begin{aligned} (x-4)^2 +(y-0)^2 &= (x+4)^2 \\\\x^2 + 16 - 8x +y^2 &= x^2 + 16 + 8x\\\\y^2 &= 16x \end{aligned}[/tex]
More about the parabola link is given below.
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