Parabola - an overview

Interpreting a parabola in context parabola Parabola is a U-shaped plane curve where any point is at an equal distance from a fixed point and from a fixed straight line parabola In this section we will be graphing parabolas We introduce the vertex and axis of symmetry for a parabola and give a process for graphing

parabola The equation of a parabola can be described by the set of parametric equations: x = p t 2 , y = 2 p t which basically gives us the form y 2 = 4 p x