Ch. 2 Vocabulary - Alg. 2 (BIM)

A quadratic function written in the form

f (x) = a(x − p)(x − q), where a ≠ 0

• Vertex Form

• Intercept Form

• Standard Form

• Slope - Intercept Form

A fixed line perpendicular to the axis of symmetry

• Directrix

• Vertex

• Axis of Symmetry

• Focus

A fixed point in the interior of a parabola and lies on the axis of symmetry

• Directrix

• Vertex

• Axis of Symmetry

• Focus

• vertex

• maximum point

• minimum point

• focus

• vertex

• maximum point

• minimum point

• focus

• radical function

• quadratic function

• linear function

• constant function

The U-shaped graph of a quadratic function

• vertex form

• intercept form

• point-slope form

• standard form

• vertex form

• intercept form

• point-slope form

• standard form

The lowest point on a parabola that opens up or the

highest point on a parabola that opens down

• Vertex

• Axis of Symmetry

• Focus

• Directrix