01 - Graphing a Parabola - Jeanmarie Mullen | Library

Open the link below.  We will use the DESMOS slides to learn about the different parts of a quadratic equation.  

https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/604237c19b76d30cc5b12700

Play with screen 1 only.  Use the sliders on the bottom left side and watch the green parabola move about and change shape.  Each of those things occur as the values of a,b, and c are changed.  

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the two parabolas below.

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the two parabolas below.

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Pick the characteristics of the graph y = -3x2 More than one answer is possible

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Describe the graph above and how you know what to expect from the equation given.

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Describe the graph above and how you know what to expect from the equation given.

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Use your graphing calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

Complete the following questions for homework.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Using the graph above, select all possible characteristics for the parabola.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Using the graph above, select all possible characteristics for the parabola.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Using the graph above, select all possible characteristics for the parabola.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Using the graph above, select all possible characteristics for the parabola.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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Using the graph above, select all possible characteristics for the parabola.

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Use your calculator to help you graph the parabola below.

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