The distance from the vertex
and focus
.
Here
coordinate of the vertex and focus is zero and focus is in the form
where
.
Thus the parabola is vertical and opens down.
\Standard form of vertical parabola:
.
Substitute
in
.

Points of latus rectum can be found by substituting
in
.

.
Points that define latus rectum are
.
Graph the parabola.
\Plot the vertex and focus.
\Draw the latus rectum and directrix line.
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The parabola equation is
and points on latus rectum are
.
.