Answer to Question #43786 in Algebra for Jeffrey Tavares Linhares

Question

Andrew has been doing archery for a number of years. While training, he noticed that when he draws the arrow, the bow is in the shape of a conic section. Determine the equation of this conic section given that the distance between his hands when he draws the arrow is 0.5 m and that the cor is attached to the bow at points (-2,-) and (-2,4). In addition, in a Cartesian coordinate system, his bow is open to the right.