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Old October 27th, 2009, 12:07 AM
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i would like to know whether the focus of this equation of a parabola x²+2x+28y-111=0 is (-8,4) or (-1,3)?
(p.s. if it is first one my text book is wrong)
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i would like to know whether the focus of this equation of a parabola x²+2x+28y-111=0 is (-8,4) or (-1,3)?
(p.s. if it is first one my text book is wrong)
focus of parabola x²+2x+28 y -111 = 0 is (-1,-3)
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