VOCABULARY
This is the formula for the axis of symmetry.
What is x = -(b)/2a ?
Put this function into vertex form f(x)= x^2 - 4x - 21.
What is y=(x-2)2-25.
what is the vertex y=2(x-3)2+12
What is (3,12)?
what is the vertex of y=(x+7)2
What is (-7,0)?
These are four names for the place or places a parabola crosses the x-axis.
What are x-intercepts, solutions, roots and zeros?
put this in vertex form 2x2+4x-6 = 0.
What is y=2(x+2)2-6
what are the steps for putting a quadratic function that is in standard form into vertex form?
What is
- identify a, b, and c.
- find axis of symmetry (x value) using x=-(b)/2(a)
-plug x back into original to find y value
-change (x,y) to (h,k) and change sign of h
-plug into vertex form y=a(x-h)2+k