Write a polar equation of the parabola with focus at the origin and directrix y=2?
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Oct 16, 2017
Explanation:
As the parabola is locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a point called focus and a line called directrix is always equal.
As focus is
Further, the relation between Cartesial or rectangular coordinates
As equation of parabola is
we can write it as
or
Note that a negative