VOCABULARY
AXIS OF SYMMETRY
VERTEX
Solving
GRAPHS
100
The u-shaped graph shown by a quadratic.
What is a PARABOLA?
100
This is the formula for the axis of symmetry.
What is x = -b/2a ?
100

Find the vertex of

 y = 2x2-8x+248

What is (2,248)?

100

How do you solve for f(x) when you are given an x value?

What is plug in the x value to find f(x)?


100
A parabola will look like this if a is negative.
What is open downwards with the vertex as a maximum?
200
The line that passes through the vertex and divides a parabola into two symmetric parts.
What is the AXIS OF SYMMETRY?
200

This is the axis of symmetry for the equation y =  x2+4x+3 

What is x = -2?

200

Find the vertex y = 5x2+7

What is (0,7)?

200

Evaluate y=x2-3x+2 when x=2

What is y=0?

200

Set up an equation that will help you find there the 

x-intercepts will be on the graph y=3x2-11x+10.

What is 0=3x2-11x+10?

300
The lowest or highest point on a parabola.
What is the VERTEX?
300

This is the axis of symmetry for y=x2+2x+1

What is x = -1?

300

The vertex of y = x2 is this ordered pair.

What is (0,0)?

300

Find to the solutions to 

0=x2-6x+5

What is x=1 and x=5?

300

What part of the standard quadratic equation tells us whether the graph is facing up or down?

What is the "a" term?

400
These are three names for the place or places a parabola crosses the x-axis.
What are x-intercepts, roots and zeros?
400

This is the axis of symmetry for y = -4x2 + 3.

What is 0?

400

This point is the vertex of

 y = -3x2 + 18x - 13.

What is (3,14)?

400

A rock is thrown off a cliff and follows the path h=-16t2+16t+180. How many seconds does it take for the rock to hit the water?

What is the rock hits the water at t=3.87 seconds?

400

In the standard for of a quadratic equation (ax2+bx+c), what term determine where the graph starts?

What is the 'c' term?

500

This is the standard form of a quadratic equation.

What is ax2 + bx + c = 0 ?

500

This is the axis of symmetry for y = -2x2 + 8x + 12.

What is x = 2?

500

The vertex of y = -4x2 + 3 is this.

What is (0,3)?

500

Mr. Kaus hits a baseball to Narnia. The baseballs' path is modeled by the equation y=-16t2+1600t+1. At what point does the ball reach its' highest point?

What is the baseball reaches its' highest point at y=402 feet?

500

Determine if the following parabola will have a maximum or minimum.

y=3x2-6x+1

What is a minimum?

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