The distance from a focus to a vertex on the graph of a parabola is not the same as the distance from vertex to a perpendicular

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romanna [79]

3 years ago

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The distance from a focus to a vertex on the graph of a parabola is not the same as the distance from vertex to a perpendicular

point on the directrix.
True or false?

Mathematics

1 answer:

harkovskaia [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-17T00:13:05+03:00

Hey there,

Your question is stating: <span>The distance from a focus to a vertex on the graph of a parabola is not the same as the distance from vertex to a perpendicular point on the directrix.

True or false?

This would be a </span> $TRUE$ statement. <span>The distance from a focus to a vertex on the graph of a parabola is not the same as the distance from vertex to a perpendicular point on the directrix would be </span> $TRUE$ .

Hope this helps.

~Jurgen