Show that the number 4p is the width of the parabola x 2 = 4py (p >

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Show that the number 4p is the width of the parabola x2 = 4py (p > 0) at the focus by showing that the line y = p cuts the parabola at points that are 4p units apart.

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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