From above, we have the equation of the directorix as 3x − 4y = 18, the vertex as (1, −1), and the focus

as (−4, 5). We are also given that

|ax + by + c|
d= √
a2 + b2
where d is the distance from a point (x, y) to the line ax + by = c. We also know that the distance between two points is given by
q
2 2
d= (x1 − x2 ) + (y1 − y2 )

and by the denition of the parabola, if we take the focus and the directorix, these distances are equal. Thus we can set them equal to each other:
|ax + by + c|
q
2 2
√ = (x − xf ) + (y − yf )
a2 + b2
where a, b, c are the coecients of the values of the directorix and (xf , yf ) is the focus. Squaring both sides, we get
2
(ax + by + c) 2 2
= (x − xf ) + (y − yf )
a2 + b2
2
h 2 2
i
(ax + by + c) = a2 + b2 (x − xf ) + (y − yf )

Plugging in known values, we get

2
h 2 2
i
(3x − 4y + 18) = 32 + 4 2 (x + 4) + (y − 5)

Factoring out, we get

9x2 − 12xy + 3 (18) x − 12xy + 16y 2 − 4 (18) y + 3 (18) x − 4 (18) y + 182 25 x2 + 8x + 16 + y 2 − 10y + 25


=
9x2 + 16y 2 − 24xy + 108x − 144y + 324 = 25x2 + 200x + 400 + 25y 2 − 250y + 625

By combining like terms, we get the following solution:

16x2 + 9y 2 + 92x − 106y + 24xy + 701 = 0