functions/transformations
quadratic functions
Parabolas
100
most basic function of a family
What is a parent function?
100
the u-shaped graph of a quadratic function
What is a parabola?
100
the line that divides a parabola into mirror images and passes through the vertex
What is the axis of symmetry?
200
a change in the size, shape, position, or orientation of a graph
What is a transformation?
200
function that can be written in the form f(x) = a(x-h) + k, where a is not equal to 0.
What is a quadratic function?
200
a quadratic function written as ax² + bx + c is what form?
What is standard form?
300
transformation that shifts a graph horizontally and/or vertically, but does change its size, shape, or orientation
What is a translation?
300
lowest point of a parabola that opens up or the highest point of a parabola that opens down
What is a vertex?
300
the highest point of a parabola is what kind of value
What is the maximum value?
400
transformation that flips a graph over a line called the line of reflection
What is a reflection?
400
a quadratic function written as f(x) = a(x-h) + k, where a does not equal 0, and the vertex is (h,k)
What is vertex form?
500
transformation of a graph of a function caused by multiplying all of the y-coordinates by the same positive factor (other than 1).
What is a stretch or a shrink?
500
the term that indicates a horizontal translation in f(x) = a(x-h) + k
What is h?
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