Vocabulary
Properties of the Quadratic
Equation
Crossing the Line
Compare the graphs to the parent function
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100
Every quadratic equation has a U-shaped graph called this.
What is parabola?
100

Find the x value of the vertex in   x²- 3x + 1 = 0

What is 3/2?

100

Name the x-intercepts.

 y=2(x-2)(x+6)

What is (2,0) and (-6,0)?

100

y=  x² +4

What is vertical shift upwards by 4 units?

100

Graph the function. Must include vertex, and at least one point on each side. y= x²

What is graph on board?

200
The highest or lowest point on a parabola.
What is the vertex?
200

The vertex in the quadratic equation y = x² + 6x-3

What is (-3, -12)?

200

Name the x-intercepts 

y=(x)(x-2)

What is (0,0) and (2,0)?

200

y=  x² - 8

What is vertical shift downwards by 8 units?

200

Graph the function. Must include vertex, and at least one point on each side. y = -x²+2

What is graph on board?

300

When a quadratic equation is written in this form

 y = ax² +bx + c

What is the standard form?

300

The axis of symmetry in the quadratic equation 

5 x² + x - 1 = 0

What is x= -1/10?

300

Name the y-intercept. 

y= x² - 4

What is (0,-4)?

300

y=3 x²

What is vertical stretch by a factor of 3?

300

Graph the function. Must include vertex, and at least one point on each side. y=-1/2x²

What is graph on board

400

This is the number before the x² that determines whether a parabola opens up or down.

What is the leading coefficient?

400

What you do after you have found the x value of the vertex to find the y value of the vertex

What is plug it into the original equation?

400

Name the y-intercept 

y=  x²- x - 2

What is (0,-2)?

400

-1/16 x² compared to the graph 1/16 x² +8

What is a reflection over the x axis and hasn't been shifted up by 8 units?

400

Graph the function. Must include vertex, and at least one point on each side. y=x²-8x+7

What is graph on board.

500
The line that runs through the vertex and divides the parabola in half.
What is axis of symmetry?
500

The formula used to find the x coordinate of the vertex in a quadratic equation

What is -b/2a?

500

Name the y-intercept. y= (x-1)² + 1

Which value in the quadratic equation does the y intercept correspond to: a,b,or c?

What is (0,1)? What is the c value?

500

I get 1/3x²-18 from the graph of x²-5

What is vertical shrink by a factor of 1/3 and vertical shift downwards by 13 units?

500

Graph the function. Must include vertex, and at least one point on each side. -x²-6x + 1 = 0

What is graph on board