Parts of Parabolas A

What is a Parabola?

• The graph of a quadratic function
• The graph of a linear function
• The graph of an absolute value function
• A boat

The axis of symmetry line passes through which point?

• y-intercept
• any random point
• vertex
• symmetrical point for the vertex

Does this graph have a maximum or minimum?

• Minimum
• Maximum

What is the green dashed line called?

• roots or x-intercepts
• parabola
• axis of symmetry
• line of dashes

A parabola has a vertex at (-3,2).
Where is the axis of symmetry?

• y = -2
• x = 3
• x = -3
• y = 2

How many zeros does this parabola have? 

• 3
• 2
• 0
• 1

Identify the vertex

• (-1,-9)
• (0,-8)
• (-4,0)
• (0,0)

Which of the following equations matches standard form of a quadratic?

• ax + by = c
• y = a(x - h)² + k
• y = ax² + bx + c
• y = mx + b

Use the graph to determine the solutions of the equation

0 = x² - 5x + 1

• 0 and 5

• 0.5 and 4.5

• 0.2 and 4.8

• 1 and 7

Find the axis of symmetry for

f(x) = x²- 4x + 5.

• x = -2

• x = 2

• y = 2

• y = -2

• y= 2x +1