Solving a Parabola Equation and Understanding Applications

Solving a Parabola Equation and Understanding Applications parabola Parabola as a Locus Activity Tim Brzezinski Parabola Activity Tim Brzezinski Locus Construction 1 Activity Tim Brzezinski parabola The meaning of PARABOLA is a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line

parabola Graphs of quadratic functions all have the same shape which we call parabola All parabolas

parabola A parabola is a particular type of geometrical curve which, algebraically, corresponds to a quadratic equation In geometrical terms, the parabola corresponds We define a parabola as the locus of a point that moves such that its distance from a fixed straight line called the directrix is equal to