Understanding Quadratic Functions

What is the general form of a quadratic function?

Which of the following best describes the graph of a quadratic function?

• A straight line

• A circle

• A parabola

• An ellipse

How can you recognize a quadratic function from its equation?

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What is the standard form of a quadratic function?

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• The width and direction of the parabola

• The y-intercept

• The slope of the line

• The x-intercept

What is the name of the U-shaped curve formed by the graph of a quadratic function?

• Hyperbola

• Parabola

• Ellipse

• Line

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• It does not affect the direction

• It makes the graph a straight line

• None of the above

How is a quadratic function different from a linear function?

• A quadratic function has a squared term; a linear function does not

• A quadratic function is always a straight line

• A linear function has a squared term

• Both are always parabolas

• It makes the parabola wider

• It makes the parabola narrower

• It shifts the parabola left

• It shifts the parabola up

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