WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

How Does the Vertex Location of a Parabola Change?

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plot y = a
2
x
+ b x + c
a
b
c
show
label
grid
reset
The purpose of this visualization is to help students understand the relationship between the location of the vertex of the parabolic curve described by
y=a
2
x
+bx+c
and the values of the coefficients
a
,
b
,
c
.