IXL - Graph parabolas (Algebra 2 practice)

Graph the parabola

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Plot the vertex. Then plot another point on the parabola. If you make a mistake, you can erase your parabola by selecting the second point and placing it on top of the first.

Coordinate plane graph with 4 quadrants, x-axis coordinates from -10 to 10, y-axis coordinates from -10 to 10.

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Graph the parabola

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Plot the vertex. Then plot another point on the parabola. If you make a mistake, you can erase your parabola by selecting the second point and placing it on top of the first.

key idea

The vertex form of a parabola that opens up or down is

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The vertex is

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the parabola opens up. If

the parabola opens down.

solution

To graph the parabola, first find the vertex.

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The vertex is

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which is the origin.

Now look for another point on the parabola with integer or half-integer coordinates. One such point is

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(Plugging in

yields

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So, plot this point.

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Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

DD.2Find the vertex of a parabola

DD.1Identify the direction a parabola opens

AA.4Graph a line from an equation in slope-intercept form

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