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Parabola (Lab Version)

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Students develop definition for parabola, explain relationship between properties of the graph of a parabola and its equation, explain how the equation of a parabola can be written in different forms, and solve problems that relate the properties and equation of a parabola.

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equations, parabolas, graphing quadratics

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equation, Graph, parabola, math
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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