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Graphing Quadratics &

Using Graphs
Eddie Bai
Goal
• Know the approximate graph of a quadratic function
• Use some graphing skills in geometric questions
Quadratics
• Remember the ?
• This is also the basic form of quadratic function. We just
need to change the letter D to Y or f(x).

And here you have a quadratic function.


Basic form
• How does the basic of the basic quadratic function look
like?
“”

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y 4 1 0 1 4 9 16
Basic Form
As you can see, this
function is curved,
where the two sides go
up, but the middle is
below. We call shapes
like this a “parabola”.
Definition
• This parabola is opening up, so
the VERTEX is the lowest point
of this parabola, which is (0,0),
marked on the graph.

• In an opening up parabola, the


vertex is the minimum.
Definition
• On the right is the function of

And as you can see, it is opening


down. In this case, the vertex is
the top point, or the maximum
point. It is still (0,0).
Calculation of vertex

• The x-coordinate of the vertex is . If you found the x-


coordinates, simply just substitute the x into the
function, to get the y-axis. Then, you can find out the
coordinates of the parabola.
“Slope”
• As you all know, in linear functions, there are slope and
intercept. Now that you found one point of the parabola,
how do you find the “slope”?
• We only say that the parabola is narrow or wide, “slope”
is inaccurate due to the curved shape of the parabola.
Wide or narrow?
• If the absolute value of “a” or “b” gets smaller, the
parabola gets wider, and vice versa.
• If the value of “b” is increased, the parabola would
move right, and vice versa.
• If the value of “c” is increased, the parabola would
move up, and vice versa.
• If “a” is positive, parabola opens up, and vice versa.
Why?
• When we move a function left or right, we add a number
to the input. If you want to move right 3 units, you do it
like

Then, you can 展开 this to make it into the standard form


of quadratic function, which makes it

Now, you have the original function moved 3 units to the


right.
Other cases
• What if you have a function with the power greater than
2? How do we graph this?
• For example:
This is a function with power of 3. We can draw the graph
of this function by finding the roots.
Other cases

• What are the 2 roots? Which root appears twice?


• The root of x=-1 is repeated twice, which is even times.
• In this case, the point (-1,0) is touched through. But, as
the root -3 only appeared once (odd), the point (-3,0) is
passed through.
Practice: Match the functions with
the graph
𝑦 =(2 𝑥 +2)(𝑥+ 3)

3 2
𝑦 =( 2 𝑥+ 2 ) ( 𝑥 +3 )

2
𝑦 =𝑥 +4 𝑥 + 4

1 2
𝑦= 𝑥 +3
2
Using graphs to solve geometric
problems
• Normally when you see a geometric problem with
quadrilaterals, triangles, etc, you want to use lots of
theorems. But sometimes if the theorems do not work,
you might want to try a more direct method.
How?
• When you use graphing to solve a problem, you put the
shape onto a coordinate plane, and write down every
vertex’s coordinates. When you have these coordinates,
you can find slopes and length of the line, and therefore
intersecting points’ coordinates, and area. So, it is
useful.
Exercise

Techniques used: The intersection point of two functions.

I would do this question on the whiteboard.


The End

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