Parameters of a quadratic function ax 2 +bx +c

a -----> -3.00 Change value of a and observe what

happens to the table of values and the graph.
Input (x) y=x^2 y=ax^2
Graph of quadratic
-5 25 -75
-4 16 -48 40

-3 9 -27 30
-2 4 -12
20
-1 1 -3
0 0 0 10

1 1 -3 0
2 4 -12 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-10
3 9 -27
4 16 -48 -20

5 25 -75 -30

-40
x

Questions
1) Enter values of a>1. How does the graph change?
2) Enter values of 0 < a <1. How does the graph change?
3) Now try values of a<0. What do you observe?
4) What can you conjecture about the effect of the parameter a in the expressi
ax 2 +bx +c

rve what
es and the graph.
a

Graph of quadratic
-10
40

30

20

10
y=x^2
0
y=ax^2
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 10
-10

-20

-30

-40 7
x

arameter a in the expression ax^2?

 Parameters of a quadratic function ax 2 +bx +c

c -----> -10.00 Change value of c and observe what

happens to the table of values and the graph.
Input (x) y=x^2 y=x^2+c
Graph of quadr
-5 25 15.00
-4 16 6.00 10

-3 9 -1.00 8

-2 4 -6.00 6

-1 1 -9.00 4
0 0 -10.00 2
1 1 -9.00 0
2 4 -6.00 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0
-2
1 2 3

3 9 -1.00 -4
4 16 6.00 -6
5 25 15.00 -8
-10
x

Questions
1) Enter values of c>0. How does the graph change?
2) Enter values of c<0. How does the graph change?
3) What can you conjecture about the effect of the parameter c in the expre
d the graph.

Graph of quadratic
c
10
8
6
4
2
y=x^2
0
y=x^2+c
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10 0
x

meter c in the expression x^2+c?

 Parameters of a quadratic function 2
ax +bx +c

b -----> 0.00 Change value of b and observe what

happens to the table of values and the graph.

Input (x) y=x^2 y=x^2+bx

Graph of q
-10 100 100.00
-8 64 64.00 10

-6 36 36.00 8

-4 16 16.00 6
-2 4 4.00 4
0 0 0.00 2
2 4 4.00 0
4 16 16.00 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0
-2
2 4
6 36 36.00
-4
8 64 64.00
-6
10 100 100.00
-8
-10
x

Questions
1) Enter values of b>0. How does the graph change?
2) Enter values of b<0. How does the graph change?
3) What can you conjecture about the effect of the parameter b in the expres
4) How does your conjecture relate to the vertex formula?
and the graph.

Graph of quadratic
b
10
8
6
4
2
y=x^2
0
y=x^2+bx
0 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10 10
x

rameter b in the expression x^2+bx?