Practice questions: Parabolas Perabola schmarabola HE No calculator g(x) =x + 8x-9 Which of the following is an equivalent form of the function g above in which the minimum value of g appears as a constant or coefficient? A) g(x) = x(x + 8)-9 B) g(x) =-(x"~ 8x + 9) ©) g&)= (e+ 9-1) D) g(x) = («+ 4) ~25 No calculator a ad The parabola in the figure above has its minimum at x= 2. Which of the following could be the equation of the parabola? A) y= (e-3)e- 1) B) y=(e+3)e+1) ©) y= Set D) y=(e+5)(x-1) ©O®O OOO OOO Math Guide HE No calculator Which of the following equations represents the reflection of the parabola y = («+ 3)(x~5) across the y-axis in the xy-plane? Ayy= B) y= Oye D)y= ?_2v—15 P+ Oe + 15, P 4 Qe 15 +2e415 BE No calculator; Grid-in In the xy-plane, a parabola passes through the points (0, 3) and (8, 3), and has its minimum at (p, -2), What is the value of p ? HE No calculator; Grid-in In the xy-plane, the line y= k, where kis a constant, intersects the parabola y= 2(¢ +5) + 19 at exactly one point. What is the value of k? 137Practice questions: Parabolas Perabola schmarabola, Gl calculator El Calculator Ifa and b are constants, and the graph of z g(x) = (x — a)" +B has its minimum at g(6), which of the following pairs of points could also be on the graph of g(x) in the xy-plane? A) (5, -9) and (8, -9) B) (0, 6) and (10, 10) ©) 6,6) and (7, 8) D) (2, -5) and (10, -5) ‘Note: Figure not drawn to scale, In the figure above, ABCD is a square that intersects the graph of h(x) at points C and D. A and B lie on the x-axis, If the area of ABCD is 36 and h(x) = kx’, what is k? A) a Hii calculator a g(x) = 6x" + 3x B) -3 Which of the following is true about the graph 1 of the function g defined above? O-5 1. _ It passes through the origin. A Il. _Itis increasing from x= 1 tox=6. D)-3 IIL g(-6) is negative. A) Tonly B) only ©) Land I only D) 1,1, and IIT 138 PWN Test PrepPractice questions: Parabolas Perabola sthmarabola El Calculator; Grid-in Dd Calculator; Grid-in ‘When the parabola y= (-x +3)(x + 11) is The function x) = (x — 11)’ + 9 is graphed in graphed in the xy-plane, its maximum value is the xy-plane. The point (a, a) lies on the at (a, b). What is the value of b ? ‘graph. What is one possible value of a? ©O®O OOO OOO Math Guide 139