Find the focus of the parabola y^2=20x

Fahad Alrashed asked Sep 20, 2022

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Answer:

focus is (-5, 0)

Explanation:

${y}^(2) = 4ax \\ 4a = 20 \\ a = 5$

Rui Wang answered Sep 26, 2022

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