Quadratics

5.3 Steepness

Lesson materials located below the video overview.

SETTING THE SCENE

We’ve played with the equation  and adjust it to create new equations with the same symmetrical U-shaped graph but shifted to different positions in the plane. But as we know from our algebra work, quadratic equations could also possess a coefficient attached to the  term. How do the graphs of the equations  appear for different values of ?

 

We’ll explore that issue in this essay, and see that there are an infinitude of U-shaped curves I can choose from to have balance on my head!

 

READ MORE HERE: QUADRATICS PD Essay 5.3

(See too Edfinity.com/XXX for a robust source of curriculum practice problems for you collate, organise, and use.)

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