The vertical line that divides the parabola into two equal parts.
Axis of Symmetry
3(2x-4)
What is 6x-12?
The factored form of z2-6z-27=0.
What is (z-9)(z+3) ?
The vertex of the graph y=x2.
The U-shaped curve created by a quadratic equation.
Parabola
7x (2x2 + 4)
What is 14x3 + 28x?
The factored form of z2-7z-8=0.
What is (z-8)(z+1)?
The two points where the graph of x2-x-6 crosses the x-axis.
The standard form of a quadratic equation.
y=ax2+bx+c
(x - 5)2
What is x2 -10x + 25?
The factored form of x2 + 7x + 12.
The roots of x2 - 14x + 49.
The two points where the graph of 2x2 + 8x crosses the x-axis.
The points at which the parabola intersects the x-axis
Roots, Solutions, Zeros, X-intercepts
What is 8w2 +2w - 36?
The factored form of x2 - 16.
The roots of x2 - 4x - 12.
The two points where the graph of 8x2 +10x -3 crosses the x-axis.
THe number being multiplied by a variable
Coefficient
What is 42b2 - 83b +40?
The factored form of 18x2 - 3x -10.
The roots of 8x2 - 6x - 5.
The vertex of the graph of x2 - 4x -12.