Vocabulary
Characteristics of Quadratic Graphs
Find Vertex
Factored Form
100
What do you call the shape of a quadratic equation?
What is A Parabola
100
What is the y-intercept of this graph?
(0, -5)
100
How do you begin to find the vertex of standard form quadratics?
What is
x = -b/2a ?
100
Factor: x2+6x+9
What is (x + 3)2
200
The lowest or the highest possible point of a parabola is...
What is The Vertex
200
What is the vertex of the function?
(-2, 4)
200
How do you begin to find the vertex of a factored form quadratic?
What is (p+q)/2?
200
Given this quadratic equation:
y=-1/2(x+5)(x-3)
Will the parabola have a max or a min vertex?
What is max?
300
A vertical line that slices the parabola in half. Its equation is written as x= , where x is the x value of the vertex
What is the The Axis of Symmetry
300
What are the roots to the function?
(-3, 0) and (2, 0)
300
Find the vertex of:
y = 2x2 - 4x + 8
What is (1, 6)?
300
What are the x-intercepts of
y=(x+3)(x-7)
What is (-3,0)(7,0)?
400
This word describes a vertex that is the lowest point (Hint: this means the parabola is facing upward: U)
What is A Minimum
400
What are the x-intercepts and y-intercept of:
x-intercept: NONE
y-intercept: (0,7)
400
This is the vertex for the equation
y = 2x^2 + 8x – 5.
What is (-2,-13).
400
What are the x-intercepts of the following:
y=2x(x-4)
(0,0)(4,0)
500
What is the name of the points where the Parabola crosses the x-axis?
What is X Intercepts or Zeros or Roots
500
What is the domain and range of the parabola?
Domain: all real numbers
Range: [-2, infinity)
500
What is the vertex of
y=-1/2(x+5)(x-3)
What is (-1,8)?
500
What is the y-intercept of:
y=2(x-2)(x-3)
What is (0,12)?