

Given, focus of a parabola is at (0, 0) and vertex is at the intersection of line x + y = 1 and x - y = 3
Now solve these two equations, we get
x = 2, y = -1
So, vertex is at (2, -1)
Let (x1 , y1 ) be the coordinate of the point of intersection of the axis and the directrix. Then the vertex is
the mid-point of the line segment joining (x1 , y1 ) and the focus (0, 0)
So, (x1 + 0)/2 = 2
=> x1 = 4
and (y1 + 0)/2 = -1
=> y1 = -2
Thus, the directrix meets the axis at (4, -2)
Let m is the slope of the axis, then
m = slope of the line joining the focus and the vertex
=> m = (2 - 0)/(-1 - 0) = -2
So, the slope of the directix = -1/m = -1/(-2) = 1/2
Thus the directix pases through (4, -2) and has the slope 1/2
So, its equation is
y + 2 = (1/2)(x - 4)
=> 2(y + 2) = x - 4
=> 2y + 4 = x - 4
=> x - 2y - 4 - 4 = 0
=> x - 2y - 8 = 0
Let P(x, y) be a point on the parabola. Then
Distance of P from the focus = Distance of P from the directrix
=> √{(x - 0)2 + (y - 0)2 } = |x - 2y - 8|/√{12 + (-2)2 }
=> √{(x - 0)2 + (y - 0)2 } = |x - 2y - 8|/√(1 + 4)
=> √(x2 + y2 ) = |x - 2y - 8|/√5
Squaring on both side, we get
x2 + y2 = (x - 2y - 8)2 /5
=> 5(x2 + y2 ) = (x - 2y - 8)2
=> 5x2 + 5y2 = x2 + 4y2 + 64 - 4xy + 24y - 16x
=> 5x2 + 5y2 - x2 - 4y2 - 64 + 4xy - 24y + 16x = 0
=> 4x2 + y2 - 64 + 4xy - 24y + 16x = 0
=> 4x2 + y2 + 4xy + 16x - 24y + 16x - 64 = 0
This is the required equation of the parabola.
