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    Understanding How the Graphs of Parabolas are

    Related to Their Quadratic Functions


    The general form of a quadratic function presents the function in the form

    f(x)=ax2+bx+c(5.1.1)(5.1.1)f(x)=ax2+bx+c

    where aa, bb, and cc are real numbers and a≠0a≠0. If a>0a>0, the parabola opens


    upward. If a<0a<0, the parabola opens downward. We can use the general form of a
    parabola to find the equation for the axis of symmetry.

    The axis of symmetry is defined by x=−b2ax=−b2a. If we use the quadratic


    formula, x=−b±b2−4ac√2ax=−b±b2−4ac2a, to solve ax2+bx+c=0ax2+bx+c=0 for
    the x-intercepts, or zeros, we find the value of xx halfway between them is
    always x=−b2ax=−b2a, the equation for the axis of symmetry.

    Figure 5.1.45.1.4 represents the graph of the quadratic function written in general


    form as y=x2+4x+3y=x2+4x+3. In this form, a=1a=1, b=4b=4, and c=3c=3.
    Because a>0a>0, the parabola opens upward. The axis of symmetry
    is x=−42(1)=−2x=−42(1)=−2. This also makes sense because we can see from the
    graph that the vertical line x=−2x=−2 divides the graph in half. The vertex always
    occurs along the axis of symmetry. For a parabola that opens upward, the vertex occurs
    at the lowest point on the graph, in this instance, (−2,−1)(−2,−1). The x-intercepts,
    those points where the parabola crosses the x-axis, occur at (−3,0)(−3,0) and (−1,0)
    (−1,0).

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