What is a Parabola?

What is a Parabola?

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A parabola is much more than just the graph of a quadratic. This tutorial shows you various definitions of a parabola and even shows you horizontal parabolas! Take a look!

Keywords:

  • definition
  • parabola
  • focus
  • directrix
  • axis of symmetry

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