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Which direction does the graph of the equation shown below open

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\begin{gathered} y^2-4x+4y-4=0 \\ x=(y^2+4y-4)/(4) \end{gathered}

This is a horizontal parabola, and since the coefficient of the quadratic term is positive, we can conclude it opens to the right

Which direction does the graph of the equation shown below open-example-1
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