Think of PEMDAS, or Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Which is Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction in that order.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have a vertical directrix, the equation of the parabola is

Where p is the distance from the vertex to the directrix.
or the distance from the vertex to the focus.
Since we have a sideways parabola, let use the point for the directrix is (-6,0). So let find the midpoint of (-6,0) and (6,0). That would be our vertex.


So our vertex is (0,0).
So our equation become

The distance from the focus and directrix is 6.
So p=6.

So p is 6.
Since p is 6,

ANSWER:
5a+2b
add the like terms together
4.6 - 3.9= .7cm which is 7mm
Yep, this is all correct!
-6/2 = y/4
y = (-6×4)/2
y = -24/2
y = -12
x was multiplied by 2
and y was also multiplied by 2