Find the Axis of Symmetry x^2+6x+8y=7

$x^{2} + 6 x + 8 y = 7$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation in vertex form.

Isolate $y$ to the left side of the equation.

Move all terms not containing $y$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $x^{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

$6 x + 8 y = 7 - x^{2}$

Subtract $6 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$8 y = 7 - x^{2} - 6 x$

Divide each term in $8 y = 7 - x^{2} - 6 x$ by $8$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $8 y = 7 - x^{2} - 6 x$ by $8$ .

$\frac{8 y}{8} = \frac{7}{8} + \frac{- x^{2}}{8} + \frac{- 6 x}{8}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $8$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{8 y}{8} = \frac{7}{8} + \frac{- x^{2}}{8} + \frac{- 6 x}{8}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{7}{8} + \frac{- x^{2}}{8} + \frac{- 6 x}{8}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} + \frac{- 6 x}{8}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 6$ and $8$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 6 x$ .

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} + \frac{2 (- 3 x)}{8}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $8$ .

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} + \frac{2 (- 3 x)}{2 (4)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} + \frac{2 (- 3 x)}{2 \cdot 4}$

Rewrite the expression.

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} + \frac{- 3 x}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} - \frac{3 x}{4}$

Complete the square for $\frac{7}{8} - \frac{x^{2}}{8} - \frac{3 x}{4}$ .

Move $\frac{7}{8}$ .

$- \frac{x^{2}}{8} - \frac{3 x}{4} + \frac{7}{8}$

Use the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , to find the values of $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ .

$a = - \frac{1}{8}$

$b = - \frac{3}{4}$

$c = \frac{7}{8}$

Consider the vertex form of a parabola.

$a {(x + d)}^{2} + e$

Find the value of $d$ using the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $a$ and $b$ into the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{- \frac{3}{4}}{2 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify the right side.

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$d = \frac{\frac{3}{4}}{2 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{2 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Combine $2$ and $\frac{1}{8}$ .

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{2}{8}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ and $8$ .

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{2 (1)}{8}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $8$ .

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{2 \cdot 4}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{2 \cdot 4}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{3}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{4}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$d = \frac{3}{4} (1 \cdot 4)$

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Factor $4$ out of $1 \cdot 4$ .

$d = \frac{3}{4} (4 \cdot 1)$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{3}{4} (4 \cdot 1)$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = 3$

Find the value of $e$ using the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $c$ , $b$ and $a$ into the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{{(- \frac{3}{4})}^{2}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Simplify the numerator.

Apply the product rule to $- \frac{3}{4}$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{{(- 1)}^{2} {(\frac{3}{4})}^{2}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{1 {(\frac{3}{4})}^{2}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Apply the product rule to $\frac{3}{4}$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{1 \frac{3^{2}}{4^{2}}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{1 \frac{9}{4^{2}}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Raise $4$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{1 (\frac{9}{16})}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Multiply $\frac{9}{16}$ by $1$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{4 (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify the denominator.

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{- 4 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Combine $- 4$ and $\frac{1}{8}$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{\frac{- 4}{8}}$

Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.

Cancel the common factor of $- 4$ and $8$ .

Factor $4$ out of $- 4$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{\frac{4 (- 1)}{8}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{\frac{4 \cdot - 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{\frac{4 \cdot - 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{\frac{- 1}{2}}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{\frac{9}{16}}{- \frac{1}{2}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - (\frac{9}{16} (- 1 \cdot 2))$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $16$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - (\frac{9}{2 (8)} (- 1 \cdot 2))$

Factor $2$ out of $- 1 \cdot 2$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - (\frac{9}{2 (8)} (2 \cdot - 1))$

Cancel the common factor.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - (\frac{9}{2 \cdot 8} (2 \cdot - 1))$

Rewrite the expression.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - (\frac{9}{8} \cdot - 1)$

Combine $\frac{9}{8}$ and $- 1$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{9 \cdot - 1}{8}$

Multiply $9$ by $- 1$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} - \frac{- 9}{8}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$e = \frac{7}{8} - - \frac{9}{8}$

Multiply $- - \frac{9}{8}$ .

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} + 1 (\frac{9}{8})$

Multiply $\frac{9}{8}$ by $1$ .

$e = \frac{7}{8} + \frac{9}{8}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$e = \frac{7 + 9}{8}$

Add $7$ and $9$ .

$e = \frac{16}{8}$

Divide $16$ by $8$ .

$e = 2$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $- \frac{1}{8} {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$ .

$- \frac{1}{8} {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$

Set $y$ equal to the new right side.

$y = - \frac{1}{8} \cdot {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$

Step 2

Use the vertex form, $y = a {(x - h)}^{2} + k$ , to determine the values of $a$ , $h$ , and $k$ .

$a = - \frac{1}{8}$

$h = - 3$

$k = 2$

Step 3

Since the value of $a$ is negative, the parabola opens down.

Opens Down

Step 4

Find the vertex $(h, k)$ .

$(- 3, 2)$

Step 5

Find $p$ , the distance from the vertex to the focus.

Find the distance from the vertex to a focus of the parabola by using the following formula.

$\frac{1}{4 a}$

Substitute the value of $a$ into the formula.

$\frac{1}{4 \cdot (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify.

Cancel the common factor of $1$ and $- 1$ .

Rewrite $1$ as $- 1 (- 1)$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- 1)}{4 \cdot (- \frac{1}{8})}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{4 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Combine $4$ and $\frac{1}{8}$ .

$- \frac{1}{\frac{4}{8}}$

Cancel the common factor of $4$ and $8$ .

Factor $4$ out of $4$ .

$- \frac{1}{\frac{4 (1)}{8}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

$- \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$- \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$- \frac{1}{\frac{1}{2}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$- (1 \cdot 2)$

Multiply $- (1 \cdot 2)$ .

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 2$

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$- 2$

Step 6

Find the focus.

The focus of a parabola can be found by adding $p$ to the y-coordinate $k$ if the parabola opens up or down.

$(h, k + p)$

Substitute the known values of $h$ , $p$ , and $k$ into the formula and simplify.

$(- 3, 0)$

Step 7

Find the axis of symmetry by finding the line that passes through the vertex and the focus.

$x = - 3$

Step 8

Find the Axis of Symmetry x^2+6x+8y=7

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