Question

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?

Answer 1

Hey there,

Your question is stating: 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 $TRUE$ statement. 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 $TRUE$.

Hope this helps.

~Jurgen