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Identifying Quadratics
Characteristics of Quadratics
Graphing Quadratics
100

The name of a quadratic graph

What is a parabola?

100
vertical line that divides a parabola into two symmetrical halves
What is the axis of symmetry
100
first step in graphing a quadratic function
What is finding the axis of symmetry
200

The "a" value is positve

What is an upward parabola

200
The formula to find the axis of symmetry
What is x = - b/2a
200

The second step in graphing a quadratic function

What is finding the y-value of the vertex

300

The Domain of a parabola

What is (-infinity, infinity)

300
Finding the vertex
What is find the axis of symmetry, substitute to find the y value, write as an ordered pair
300

This equation affects the parent graph by...y=1/2(x-3)2 +5

What is compress by 1/2, right 3 and up 5?

400

The vertex is the highest point

What is the maximum value

400

The axis of symmetry when the quadratic function is y = 2x2

What is x=0

400

The graph y=x2 shifted left 4, down 5

What is y= (x+4)2-5

500
standard form
What is ax^2 + bx + c
500

The vertex for y=-3x2-6x+2

What is (-1,5)

500

The graph of y=x2 stretched by a factor of 3, flipped and moved down 2

What is the y= -3x2-2