The parabola equation is and the point is
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Since the square term is , the parabola is vertical.
Standard form of the vertical parabola is ,
where is vertex.
Focus .
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The parabola equation .
Compare the above equation with .
Since is negative, the parabola opens down.
Vertex .
Focus .
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Graph:
\Graph the , focus
and the point
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observe the graph:
\The distance between focus and the point of tangency is .
is the one leg of the isosceles triangle.
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Substitute and
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Find the point , the end point of the other leg of the isosceles triangle.
Since is positive the parabola opens down and
will be to the above the focus.
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The tangent line passes through the points and
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The slope of tangent line is .
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The point-slope form of line equation is .
Substitute and
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The tangent line equation is .
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The tangent line equation is .