Basic Parabola
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Lesson Description:
This is a video about how to graph a very basic parabola.
More free YouTube videos by Julie Harland are organized at http://yourmathgal.com
Questions answered by this video:
- What is the vertex point of a parabola?
- What is a parabola and what does it look like?
- How do you graph a parabola?
- What is a quadratic function?
- How do you graph f(x) = x^2?
- How do you graph y = x^2 - 4?
- What is the axis of symmetry of a parabola?
- How do you find the vertex point and axis of symmetry for a parabola?
- What are some examples of quadratic functions?
- How do you know what points to pick to put into the equation to graph a quadratic equation to make a parabola?
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Staff Review
This lesson starts off very basically defining quadratic equations and parabolas. The basic ideas of what a parabola is, what it looks like, and how to graph very basic parabolas are explained. This is a great kickoff to a series on parabolas.
