Quadratic Vocabulary

Front

All possible y-values

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Range

Front

All possible x-values

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Domain

Front

The highest or lowest point on the parabola

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Vertex

Front

Where the parabola crosses the y-axis.

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Y-intercept

Front

If 'a' from y = ax² + bx + c is positive, then the vertex is the lowest point on the graph.

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Minimum

Front

If 'a' from y = ax² + bx + c is negative, then the vertex is the highest point on the graph.

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Maximum

Front

The line that divides the parabola into two mirror images.

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Axis of Symmetry

Front

The shape of the graph of a quadratic function.

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Parabola

Front

The point where the parabola intersects the x-axis.

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X-intercept

Front

The standard form of a quadratic equation.

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y = ax² + bx + c