4x + 16
4(x+4)
2a(a - 3)
2a2 - 6a
30d2 ÷ 5d
6d
x + 6 = 0 or x - 6 = 0
What is it called when a parbola is like a smiling face?
concave up
9ab - 3b
3b(3a - 1)
3(x + 4) - 2x
x + 12
3x + 5y - 4x + y
-x + 6y
x(x - 2) = 0
x = 0 or x = 2
What is it called when a parabola is frowning?
concave down
x2 + 6x + 8
(x + 4)(x + 2)
y(y - 6) - 7(y + 2)
y2 - 13y - 14
4m x 2m x 3p
24m2p
x2 = 2x
x=0 or x=2
What is the line of symmetry?
the imaginary line that divides the parabola into two identical, mirror-image halves, passing through the parabola's vertex
4(a + b) + x(a + b)
(4 + x)(a + b)
(x + 1)(x + 3)
x2 + 4x + 3
5abc x -3b + ab2c
14ab2c
x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
x = −1 or x = −2.
What is the vertex?
a point at which the parabola makes its sharpest turn.
5(k + 3) - k(k + 3)
(k + 3)(5 - k)
(5m - 3)2
25m2 - 30m + 9
-3ab - b - 5ba + 3b
-8ab + 2b
x2 + 10x + 25 = 0
x = −5
What is the focus?
a fixed point inside the curve where all points on the parabola are an equal distance from this focus and a fixed line called the directrix