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OBJECTIVE: You will be able to, in reading and writing, COMPARE properties of quadratic functions represented
differently (algebraically, graphically, tables, and descriptions) using the following academic vocabulary: quadratic, roots,
parabola, and vertex.
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Mr. Ps Mathematics Class Unit 5
OBJECTIVE: You will be able to, in reading and writing, COMPARE properties of quadratic functions represented
differently (algebraically, graphically, tables, and descriptions) using the following academic vocabulary: quadratic, roots,
parabola, and vertex.
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Classwork
1. Read this section carefully
2. Write important words and information
In the investigation you found three important points on the graph. The two points on the x-axis are the x-intercepts. The
x-values of those points are the solutions to the equation y = f (x) when the function value is equal to zero. These
solutions are the roots of the equation f (x) = 0.
In the investigation the roots are the widths that make the garden area equal to zero. The roots help you to find a third
important pointthe vertex of the parabola.
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In Lesson 1.6, you symbolically solved quadratic equations written in the form y=a( x h) + k . In the next example you
will learn to approximate roots of the quadratic equation, 0=a x2 +bx +c .
Example A
Use a graph and your calculators table function to approximate the roots of 0=x2 +3 x 5
Solution
Graph y=x 2 +3 x 5 and find the x-intercepts. On the graph you can see that there are two
rootsone appears to be a little less than 4, and the other a little greater than 1.
The line through the vertex that cuts a parabola into two mirror images is called the lineofsymmetry.If you know the roots,
you can find the vertex and the line of symmetry.
Example B
Find the equation of the line of symmetry, and find the coordinates (h, k) of the vertex of the parabola y=x 2 +3 x 5 .
Then write the equation in the form y=a( x h)2+ k .
Solution
This parabola crosses the x-axis twice and has a vertical line of symmetry. The x-coordinate of
the vertex lies on the line of symmetry, halfway between the roots. From Example A, you know
the two roots are approximately 1.193 and 4.193. Averaging the two roots gives 1.5.
You can see from the graph and the table that the equations y=x 2 +3 x 5 and y=( x+1.5)27.25 are equivalent. So the
value of a is 1. The equation y=( x+1.5)27.25 is in the vertex form, y=a( x h)2+ k .It tells you that (1.5, 7.25) is the
vertex.
Exercises
1. Work Independently to solve the following problems
2. Anything that we dont finish in class, you will have to work on your
own
1. Find the roots of each equation to the nearest thousandth by looking at a graph, zooming in on a table, or both.
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d. Useyourknowledgeoftransformationstowritetheequationofthisparabola in the vertex form, y=a(x h) + k . Check
your answer graphically.