Handout

MBF3C0 EXAMINING QUADRATIC FUNCTION y  a ( x  h)  k 2 1d

Use what you have learned from the graphing calculator investigation to answer the
following questions
1. State the vertex of these quadratic functions :
a) y  ( x  4) 2 b) y  ( x  5) 2 c) y  ( x  1) 2 d)
y  x2

e) y  ( x  6) 2 f) y  ( x  7) 2 g) y  ( x  9) 2 h) y   x 2

2. Write the equation of a parabola that is the same as y  x 2 except …

a) …vertex is (3,0) b) …vertex is (-8,0) c) …vertex is (10,0)

d) …vertex has shifted 2 units left e) …vertex has shifted 6 units right

3. State the vertex of these parabolas :

a) y  x 2  2 b) y  x 2  3 c) y  x2  5 d) y  x2  1

e) y  x2  9 f) y  x2 g) y  x 2  11 h) y   x 2  12

4. Write the equation of a parabola that is the same as y  x 2 except …

a) …vertex is (0,4) b) …vertex is (0,-7) c) …vertex is (0,6)

d) …vertex has shifted 3 units up e) …vertex has shifted 8 units down

5. State the vertex of these parabolas :

a) y  ( x  2) 2  7 b) y  ( x  3) 2  1 c) y  ( x  4) 2  9

d) y  ( x  5) 2  8 e) y  ( x  8) 2  3 f) y  ( x  6) 2  4

g) y  ( x  7) 2  2 h) y  ( x  1) 2  5 i) y  ( x  3) 2  3

6. Write the equation of a parabola that is the same as y  x 2 except …

a) …vertex is (5,7) b) …vertex is (-2,10) c) …vertex is (-1,6)

d) …vertex is (-4,-1) e) …vertex is (0,10) f) …vertex is (-5,0)

 g) …vertex has shifted 2 units right and 7 units up

7. State the direction of opening ( up or down )AND the effect on shape (stretch or
compress )

a) y  4x 2 b) y  2x 2 c) y  13 x 2

d) y   12 x 2 e) y  1.5 x 2 f)
y  0.25 x 2

8. Write the equation of a parabola that has vertex ( 0, 0 ) and …

a) opens up and is stretched by a factor of 3 ________________
b) opens down and is stretched by a factor of 2 ______________
c) opens down and is compressed by a factor of 0.75 _______________
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d) ) opens up and is compressed by a factor of 3 _______________

9. State the vertex, direction of opening and effect on shape :

a) y  3( x  1) 2  5 b) y  41 ( x  3) 2  4 c)
y  5( x  2)  3
2

d) y  0.5( x  6) 2  1 e) y  2( x  3) 2 f) y  4 x 2  9

y 2
5 ( x  4)
2
g) y   ( x  7) 2  6 h) y  ( x  1) 2  8 i)

j) y  1.5( x  2) 2  2 k) y   13 ( x  5) 2  3 l) y   34 x 2  1

10. Write the equation of a parabola that…

a) opens down, is stretched by a factor of 4, vertex at (-2,7) ________________
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b) opens up, compressed by a factor of 5 , vertex at (8,-3) ________________