In Exercises 31–34, find the vertex, focus, and directrix of each...

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In Exercises 31–34, find the vertex, focus, and directrix of each parabola with the given equation. Then match each equation to one of the graphs that are shown and labeled (a)–(d).(y - 1)^2 = - 4(x - 1)

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Choose the correct option for the vertex. Direct tricks focus and graph of the problem where we have Y minus nine squared equals negative 16 multiplied by X minus three. Our possible answers are three different graphs here and none of these graphs. Now to solve this, we will make use of the general form of a horizontally oriented parabola. This form is Y minus K squared equals four. A multiplied by X minus H. We can then first find our vertex, our vertex is the point H K. But if you know this, our H is three in our K is nine. Now we can find the focus to find the focus. You first need to find a, we notice we have four, a multiplying XX minus H. And in our function, we have negative 16 multiplying X minus three. We can then set four A equals to 16 which is negative that makes a equals to negative four. Now let's find the focus our focus in a horizontal parabola. It's H plus A com as a point our eight here is three R A is negative four and which drop down R K. We get negative one. Not our directs will be the opposite direction of our focus, which is X equals H minus A. We get X plus three minus negative four which gives X equals seven. We now have our vertex. We have our focus and we have our directions. If we look at our possible graphs, we have a parabola faces to the left which his answer is C OK. I hope to help you solve the problem. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.

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In Exercises 31–34, find the vertex, focus, and directrix of each parabola with the given equation. Then match each equation to one of the graphs that are shown and labeled (a)–(d).(y - 1)^2 = - 4(x - 1)

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