Vocab
Quadratics in vertex form
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Factor/Solve
Graph
100

The highest or lowest point ? 

Vertex / Max/ Min

100

 Vertex of : y=2(x-3)2+4

(3,4)

100

The graph of a quadratic function is called a ?

Parabola


100

Factor b2 + 8b + 7

(b + 7)(b + 1)


 

100

What is the vertex ? 


(3,-1)

200

A polynomial function of degree 2. 

y=x^2

Quadratics 

200

Vertex of y= (x + 4)2 - 32

(-4,-32)

200

What is the formula to find the Axis of Symmetry ? 

x = -b/2a

200

Factor m2 + m − 90

(m − 9)(m + 10)

200

Quadratic equations take the shape of a what when graphed.

u or parabola

300

What is the point(s) where y=0 also known as? 

The roots or the zeroes or the x-intercepts

300

What causes the graph of y = x2 to open downward?

When "a" is negative


300

The place the graph crosses the x axis ?

x intercept 

300

Factor b2 + 16b + 64

(b + 8)2 or (b+8)(b+8)

300

Write the equation in VERTEX FORM ?

y = (x+2)2 + 1

400

Vertex form ?

Y= a(x-h)2+k 

400

The vertex for the parabola represented by the equation y= 2(x + 3)2 - 8?

(-3, -8)

400

What divides the parabola in half, resulting in it mirroring itself ?  

Axis of symmetry 

400

Factor 5v2 − 30v + 40

5(v − 2)(v − 4)

400

Name the zeroes ?

0 and 4 

500

Three characteristics of quadratics ?

Any 3 charateristics we have learned so far. (ie: parabola, symmetrical, non-linear, x2, two x-intercepts/roots, max/min)
500

A parabola that opens downward with a vertex at (0, -5) and is vertically shrunk by a factor of 1/2?

y = -1/2(x + 5)

500

How does the value for "h" transform a graph?

Horizontal Shift (move left or right)

500

Solve:

 5n2 + 19n + 12 = 0

n = -4/5 n = -3

500

what are the solutions ?

1 and 3 

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