Parabolas Quiz Revision
Parabolas Quiz Revision
1. 7A State the transformations that are applied to y = x2 to form the following rules.
(For example, y = 3x2 – 4 is narrower and translated 4 units down).
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a. y = −( x + 2) 2 − 3 b. y = x +4
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2. 7B Determine the rule for the graph below in the form y = a(x – h)2 + k.
3. 7B Sketch the graph of y = ( x − 1) 2 + 4 . Label the turning point and any intercepts.
y
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4. 7C Sketch the graphs of the following quadratics. Label the turning point, the y intercept and
any x intercepts.
a. y = x 2 + 6 x + 9
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b. y = x 2 − 8 x + 12
5. 7D Express the rule of the quadratic y = x 2 − 4 x + 6 in turning point form and hence state the
coordinates of the turning point.
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6. 7D For the quadratic y = 2( x + 1) 2 − 18 ,
c. determine the x-intercepts using the space provided and then sketch the graph.
7. 7E Use the discriminant to determine the number of x-intercepts of the graphs of:
a. y = 3 x 2 − 2 x + 1 b. y = x 2 + 2 x + 1
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Year 9 Worksheet 10:
Quadratic equations and Graphs of Parabolas
Question 1: Answer the following.
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A. 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 3 B. 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 2 C. 𝑦 = 9 − 𝑥
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D. 𝑦= 𝑥 − 3 E. 𝑦 = (𝑥 − 1)
A. 𝑥 = 5 B. 𝑥 =− 5 C. 𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 5
D. 𝑥 = 0 E. 𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 =− 5
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(3) Write the standard form of the equation 3𝑦 = 14 − 𝑦
2 2 2
A. 𝑦 + 3𝑦 = 14 B. 𝑦 = 3𝑦 − 14 C. 𝑦 = 14 − 3𝑦
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D. 𝑦 + 3𝑦 − 14 = 0 E. 𝑦 − 3𝑦 + 14 = 0
A. 𝑥 = 0 B. 𝑥 =− 2 C. 𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 =− 2
D. 𝑥 = ½ E. 𝑥 = ½ 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 =− 2
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(6) Describe the transformation of the graph 𝑦 = 𝑥 to 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 5.
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(7) The graph appears the narrowest to 𝑦 = 𝑥 is:
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A. 𝑦 = 0. 1 𝑥 B. 𝑦 = ½ 𝑥 C. 𝑦 = 4 𝑥
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D. 𝑦 = 1. 2 𝑥 E. 𝑦 = 10 𝑥
The height, h meters, of a ball thrown vertically into the air is given by the
equation h = 20t - 5t², where t is the time in seconds.
(8) The ball reaches the ground when h = 0. Calculate the time it takes for
the ball to return to the ground.
A. 2s B. 4s C. 5s D. 8s E. 10s
(9) Find the time it takes for the ball to reach its maximum height.
A. 2s B. 4s C. 5s D. 8s E. 10s
C. D.
E.
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Give the quadratic 𝑦 =− 𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 2. Complete the table of values
and plot the graph on a Cartesian plane.
𝑥 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
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c. 4𝑥 − 64 = 0 d. 𝑥 − 𝑥 − 30 = 0
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c. 𝑥 + 10 = 7𝑥 d.𝑥 = 14 + 5𝑥
a. b.
e. f.
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e. 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1) − 4 f. 𝑦 = 2(𝑥 − 2) + 5
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State the transformations that take 𝑦 = 𝑥 to each of the graphs in
Question 6.
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a. 𝑦 = − 𝑥 + 6𝑥 − 9 b. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 4𝑥 + 2
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c. 𝑦 = − 0. 5 𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 5 d. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 12𝑥 + 12