Alg Chp.8 Vocab

a function that can be written in the form f(x)=ax squared + bx + c, where a, b, and c are real numbers and a doesn't equal 0

• quadratic function

• parabola

• minimum

• axis of symmetry

the shape of the graph of a quadratic function

• vertex

• zero of a function

• parabola

• maximum

the y-value of the lowest point on the graph of the function

• axis of symmetry

• minimum

• maximum

• vertex

the y-value of the highest point on the graph of the function

• quadratic function

• parabola

• maximum

• minimum

a line that divides a plane figure or a graph into two congruent reflected halves

• axis of symmetry

• parabola

• zero of a function

• vertex

the highest or lowest point on the parabola

• vertex

• parabola

• minimum

• maximum

for the function f, any number x such that f(x)=0

• quadratic function

• axis of symmetry

• maximum

• zero of a function