parabolas

parabolas

1. What is parabola?

   • A u-shaped curve with certain specific properties. Formally, a parabola is defined as follows: For a given point, called the focus, and a given line not through the focus, called the directrix, a parabola is the locus of points such that the distance to the focus equals the distance to the directrix.

2. What is the vertex of a parabola?

   • The vertex of a parabola is the point where the parabola crosses its axis of symmetry.

3. What is a parabola's axis of symmetry?

   • Every parabola has an axis of symmetry which is the line that runs down its 'center'. This line divides the graph into two perfect halves.

4. What is the equation of a parabola?

   • The equation of a parabola can be expressed in either standard or vertex

5. Images of the graphs of a parabolas

6. Images of a parabolas in the real world

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