Two cities, A and B, are mapped on the coordinate plane. How far apart are they from each other?
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Step-by-step explanation:
Notice the vertex and focus have the same y coordinate so this means we will have sideways parabola.
Equation of a sideways parabola is
Since the vertex is (0,0), we can get rid of h and k.
Next Section: Value of P:
The value of P is the displacement between the focus and vertex.
So we do
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