M7: Connecting Intercepts, Zeros, and Factors

Question 1

vertex

Answer 1

The point at which a parabola changes direction, corresponding to the minimum or maximum value of the quadratic function.

Question 2

axis of symmetry

Answer 2

A vertical line drawn through the vertex of a parabola .

Question 3

zeros

Answer 3

x-intercepts.

Question 4

if a< 0 does the graph open up or down?

Answer 4

The graph opens down

Question 5

if a> 0 does the graph open up or down?

Answer 5

The graph opens up

Question 6

what is the quadratic formula?

Answer 6

-b±√(b)^2-4(a)(c)
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2(a)

Question 7

constant

Answer 7

An identifier that is bound to an invariant value.

Question 8

quadratic

Answer 8

A polynomial of the second degree.

Question 9

parabola

Answer 9

The shape formed by the graph of a quadratic function which should be a curve.

Question 10

quadratic function / standard form

Answer 10

f(x)=ax^2+bx+c

Question 11

zero of a function

Answer 11

an x-value that makes the value of the function 0

Question 12

factored form

Answer 12

y = (x+a)(x+b)

Question 13

polynomial

Answer 13

an expression of more than two algebraic terms, especially the sum of several terms that contain different powers of the same variable(s)

Question 14

zero product property

Answer 14

states that if a * b = 0, then a = 0 or b = 0, or both a and b = 0