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Is the focus always inside the parabola?


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Finding if the focus is always inside the parabola:

A parabola is set of all points in a plane which are an equal distance away from a given point and given line. The point is called the focus of the parabola and the line is called the directrix

For a parabola, the vertex is always on the parabola and the directrix is always outside the parabola.

Hence, the focus is always inside the parabola.


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