Parabolas

Parabolas

1. What is a parabola?

   • A parabola is a curve where any point is at an equal distance from: a fixed point, and a fixed straight line.

2. What is the vertex of a parabola?

   • the vertex (where the parabola makes its sharpest turn) is halfway between the focus and directrix.

3. What is a parabolas axis of symmetry?

   • The axis of symmetry (goes through the focus, at right angles to the directrix)

4. What is the equation of a parabola?

   • The simplest equation for a parabola is y = x2
   • Turned on its side it becomes y2 = x

5. Images of the graphs of a parábolas

6. Images of a parabola in the real world

7. APA references for all the sources used.

8. What is a parabola?

   • A parabola is a curve where any point is at an equal distance from: a fixed point, and a fixed straight line.

9. What is a parabolas axis of symmetry?

   • the axis of symmetry (goes through the focus, at right angles to the directrix)

10. What is the vertex of a parabola?

    • the vertex (where the parabola makes its sharpest turn) is halfway between the focus and directrix.

11. What is the equation of a parabola?

    • Turned on its side it becomes y2 = x
    • The simplest equation for a parabola is y = x2

12. Images of the graphs of a parábolas

13. Images of a parabolas in the real world

14. APA references

15. What is a parabola?

    • A parabola is a curve where any point is at an equal distance from: a fixed point, and a fixed straight line.

16. What is the vertex of a parabola?

    • the vertex (where the parabola makes its sharpest turn) is halfway between the focus and directrix.

17. What is a parabolas axis of symmetry?

    • the axis of symmetry (goes through the focus, at right angles to the directrix)

18. What is the equation of a parabola?

    • The simplest equation for a parabola is y = x2
    • Turned on its side it becomes y2 = x

19. Images of a parabolas in the real world

20. Images of the graphs of a parábolas

21. APA references

    • Parabolas.(2015). In Math is fun. Retrieved from https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/parabola.html

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