Find the Directrix x-2=1/8y^2

$x - 2 = \frac{1}{8} y^{2}$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation in vertex form.

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

Simplify $\frac{1}{8} y^{2}$ .

Rewrite.

$x - 2 = 0 + 0 + \frac{1}{8} y^{2}$

Simplify by adding zeros.

$x - 2 = \frac{1}{8} y^{2}$

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

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

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

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

Complete the square for $\frac{y^{2}}{8} + 2$ .

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

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

$b = 0$

$c = 2$

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 $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{0}{2 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $0$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $0$ .

$d = \frac{2 (0)}{2 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Cancel the common factors.

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 0}{2 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{0}{\frac{1}{8}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$d = 0 \cdot 8$

Multiply $0$ by $8$ .

$d = 0$

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 $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = 2 - \frac{0^{2}}{4 (\frac{1}{8})}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{4 (\frac{1}{8})}$

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

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{\frac{4}{8}}$

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

Factor $4$ out of $4$ .

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{\frac{4 (1)}{8}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$e = 2 - \frac{0}{\frac{1}{2}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$e = 2 - (0 \cdot 2)$

Multiply $- (0 \cdot 2)$ .

Multiply $0$ by $2$ .

$e = 2 - 0$

Multiply $- 1$ by $0$ .

$e = 2 + 0$

Add $2$ and $0$ .

$e = 2$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $\frac{1}{8} {(y + 0)}^{2} + 2$ .

$\frac{1}{8} {(y + 0)}^{2} + 2$

Set $x$ equal to the new right side.

$x = \frac{1}{8} \cdot {(y + 0)}^{2} + 2$

Step 2

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

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

$h = 2$

$k = 0$

Step 3

Find the vertex $(h, k)$ .

$(2, 0)$

Step 4

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.

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 $2$ by $1$ .

$2$

Step 5

Find the directrix.

The directrix of a parabola is the vertical line found by subtracting $p$ from the x-coordinate $h$ of the vertex if the parabola opens left or right.

$x = h - p$

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

$x = 0$

Step 6

Find the Directrix x-2=1/8y^2

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