Answer: 800
Divide 3200 by 4 to get 800.
The sketch of the parabola is attached below
We have the focus

The point

The directrix, c at

The steps to find the equation of the parabola are as follows
Step 1
Find the distance between the focus and the point P using Pythagoras. We have two coordinates;

and

.
We need the vertical and horizontal distances to find the hypotenuse (the diagram is shown in the second diagram).
The distance between the focus and point P is given by

Step 2
Find the distance between the point P to the directrix

. It is a vertical distance between y and c, expressed as

Step 3
The equation of parabola is then given as

=


⇒ substituting a, b and c


⇒Rearranging and making

the subject gives
This question is difficult to give a definite answer to because it's an approximation, but I estimate the solutions to be around x = 2.6 and x = -2.6.
When they ask for solutions of the graphed function they are asking for an approximation of where the graph intercepts the x-axis, and we can see it kind of intercepts in the middle of 2 and 3, except slightly closer to 3, which is why I estimated 2.6.
The graph also appears to be symmetrical, which means the solutions will be the same except one would be negative and one would be positive, which means the second solution would be -2.6.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions :)
Answer:
The answer could be A) or D) because the zero acts as a place holder. Its a little easier to derive it if you have a bigger decimal
Step-by-step explanation: