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When you spin a parabola around its axis to make a curved surface, you get the
surface with the shape that's used for the reflector in car headlights, flashlights,
solar cookers, telescope mirrors, and satellite dishes.
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What is the name of the point you use to define a parabola?
All of the points on a parabola define a parabola. However, the vertex is the point in which the y value is only used for one point on the parabola.
Projectile motion with the use of parabola?
Yes.
What is the name of the line that you use to define a parabola?
directrix
How do you do a parabola?
A parabola is a graph of a 2nd degree polynomial function. Two graph a parabola, you must factor the polynomial equation and solve for the roots and the vertex. If factoring doesn't work, use the quadratic equation.
What careers use parabolas?
One career that might use a parabola is a mathematics teacher. Geometry teachers might also use parabolas. A parabola is a line consisting of points that are connected and spaced unilaterally.
What is the name of a line that you use to define a parabola?
It is called the directrix.
What is the name of the point that use to define a parabola?
i think its the vertex.
How did Rene Descartes use the parabola?
Descartes used the parabola to illustrate algebraic equations. He put these equations on a visible plane using the Cartesian coordinate system and they sometimes took the shape of a "u" curve, or a parabola.
How do you find the endpoints of a parabola when you have the function of the line?
A parabola has no endpoints: it extends to infinity.A parabola has no endpoints: it extends to infinity.A parabola has no endpoints: it extends to infinity.A parabola has no endpoints: it extends to infinity.
Use the word parabola in a sentence?
A parabola is the curved path of a projectile is the result of constant motion horizontallt and accelerated motion vertically under the influrnce of gravity.
Is there another not as common name for a parabola?
The parabola is a type of conic section, . The problem is that this is not a descriptive as the if the word "parabola" is used. The reason is that it is not the only geometric shape that can be derived by slicing a cone with a plane. Use the link below to see a drawing and learn more.
Is a parabola the same as a parabolic curve?
No. If you tilt a parabola, you will still have a parabolic curve but it will no longer be a parabola.
