Parts of a Parabola
Vertex Form
Standard Form
Finding Equations
Applications
100

The y-intercept of the equation:

y=2x2+3x-6

What is (0,-6)?

100

The domain and range of:

y=.5(x+2)2+7

What is:

Domain = all real numbers

Range = y>/ 7

100

The y-intercept of:

y=x2+5

What is (0,5)

100

Write the equation of a parabola with a vertex (4,5) and a stretch factor of 2

What is y=2(x-4)2+5?

100

A model for the path of a toy rocket is given by 

h=68t-4.9t2, where h is the height in meters and t is the time in seconds. Find the height of the toy rocket after 2 seconds. 

What is 116.4 meters?

200

The vertex of:

y=.5(x-3)2-7

What is (3,-7)?

200
The maximum/minimum of:

y=-4(x-6)2+8

(Make sure to identify if it is a max or min)

maximum at 8

200

3 points that are on the parabola:

y=2x2+6x

What is: answers vary!

200

Rewrite the following equation in standard form:

y=-2(x+4)2

What is y=-2x2-16x-32?

200

A model for the path of a toy rocket is given by 

h=68t-4.9t2, where h is the height in meters and t is the time in seconds. Find the time when the rocket reaches its maximum height.

What is 6.9 seconds?
300

The direction the following graph is facing:

y=-3x2+9x-1

What is "down"?

300

Three points on the parabola:

y=-.5(x-1)2+6

(Include the vertex and two other points)

What is:

vertex: (1,6)

two other points: varies

300

The vertex of the parabola:

y=5x2+20x-4

What is (-2, -24)?

300

Rewrite the following equation in standard form:

y=.5(x-8)2-20

What is y=.5x2-8x+12?

300

A model for the path of a toy rocket is given by 

h=68t-4.9t2, where h is the height in meters and t is the time in seconds. What is the maximum height of the rocket?

What is 235.9 meters?
400

The vertex of:

y=-3x2+12x-5

What is (2,7)?

400

Write the equation of a parabola in vertex form with a vertex (-1,3) and passes through the point (-3,2)

What is y=-1/4(x+1)2+3?

400

The equation of the parabola in standard form passing through the points (0,0) , (2,6) , and (-1,-6).

What is y=-x2+5x?

400

Rewrite the following equation in vertex form: 

y=-2x2-12x-4

What is y=-2(x+3)2+14?

400

You are playing a lawn version of tic tac toe in which you toss bean bags onto a large board. One of your tosses can be modeled by y=-.12x2+1.2x+2, where x is the bean bag's horizontal position (in feet) and y is the corresponding height (in feet). What is the bean bag's maximum value?

What is 2 feet?

500

The y-intercept of the graph:

y=2(x+1)2-5

What is (0,-3)?

500

Find the equation of a parabola in vertex form with a vertex (1/2, 5) that passes through (1, 17/4)

What is y=-3(x-1/2)2+5?

500

Write the equation of the parabola passing through the points (0,-7) , (3,2) , and (-3,-10).

y=1/3x2+2x-7

500

Rewrite the following equation in vertex form:

y=1/4x2+x-1/2

What is y=1/4(x+2)2-3/2?

500

A circus performer is shot out of a cannon and follows a parabolic path where y is the height (in feet) and x is the horizontal distance (in feet) that she travels. The path starts at (0,15) and has a vertex at (50,35). Write an equation for the parabola.

What is y=-.008(x-50)2+35?

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