4. What will the parabola be like?
a=b
x2
+y=2
opens down
vertex (0,2)
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
5. What will the parabola be like?
c=0
x2
-y=0
opens up
vertex (0,0)
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
6. What will the parabola be like?
a,b,c are all positive or negative numbers
x2
+y=2 2x2
+y=3 3x2
+y=4 4x2
+y=5
y-coordinate of vertex
is getting bigger
the parabola is
getting wider
opens down
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
7. What will be the parabola like?
a > 0 b < 0 c < 0 or a < 0 b > 0 c > 0
x2
-2y=-1 x2
-3y=-2 x2
-4y=-3
y-coordinate of the
vertex is getting bigger
the parabola is getting
wider
opens up.
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
8. What will be the parabola like?
a and b are fractions, c=1
y-coordinate of the
vertex is getting larger
the parabola is getting
narrower
opens down
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
9. What will be the parabola like?
If either a or b becomes zero, the equation will be
showed as a straight line.
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
10. What will the line be like?
a=0
by=c=b → y=1
straight line
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c
11. What will the line be like?
b=0
ax2
=c=a → x2
=1
two straight lines
x=1 and x=-1
ax2
+by=c
a+b=c