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Parabola With Horizontal Directrix

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Learners find the vertex, directrix, and focus of a parabola and graph parabolic functions. They solve problems involving parabolas after a demonstration lesson by the teacher.

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parabolas, graphing quadratics, vertex

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directrix, parabola, vertex, math
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Grade
8th - 9th
Subjects
Math
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