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Burka [1]
3 years ago
9

A parabola is defined by the equation x2 = 3/4 y. In which direction will the parabola open?

Mathematics
1 answer:
TEA [102]3 years ago
8 0
The equation of parabola is x^2=\dfrac{3}{4}y. 
The canonical equation of parabola is y^2=2p x and this parabola has branches that go in positive direction of x-axis.

Since in your equation x is changed to y and y to x, then the <span>branches of the parabola go in positive y-axis direction, the vertex is placed at the origin. 
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