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Webquest
Ms. Martin
CCMII
1. What is a parabola?
Ø A symmetrical open plane curve formed by
the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side.
2. How does a parabola relate to real
life?
Ø Anything that uses a ballistic path. A
baseball is hit high and deep into the outfield.
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Vocabulary Word
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Definition
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Example
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Concave up
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A graph or part of a graph which looks
like a right-side up bowl or part of an right-side up bowl.
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Concave down
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A graph or part of
a graph which looks like an upside-down bowl or part of an upside-down bowl
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Vertices
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A
corner point of a geometric
figure. For a polygon, vertices are where adjacent
sides meet. For an angle,
the vertex is where the two rays making up the angle meet.
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Maximum
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To find
the largest possible value.
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Minimum
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To find
the smallest possible value.
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Axis of symmetry
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A line of symmetry for a graph. The two sides of a graph on either side of the axis of
symmetry look like mirror images of each other
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