How to find the Vertex of a Parabola - Algebra

The graph of a quadratic equation in two variables is called a parabola The following graphs are two typical parabolas their x-intercepts

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parabola The parabola was studied by Menaechmus who was a pupil of Plato and Eudoxus He attempted to duplicate the cube, namely to find side of a cube that has a volume

parabola A parabola is all points in a plane that are the same distance from a fixed point and a fixed line The fixed point is called the focus, and the fixed line is