Parabola Vocabulary

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The turning point of a parabola
Vertex
The point where the graph crosses the y-axis
Y-intercept
The point or points where the graph crosses the x-axis.
X-intercept
The vertical line that goes through the x-coordinate of the vertex and divides the parabola into 2 halves
Axis of Symmetry
Occurs when the vertex is at the top of the graph
Maximum
Occurs when the vertex occurs at the bottom of the graph
Minimum
The graph of a quadratic equation is called a ______
Parabola