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Why is the vertical line that passed through the vertex of a parabola called the axis of symmetry?
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What is the point of which a parabola intersects the axis of symmetry called?
if it opens up then the point is called the minimum if it opens down its called the maximum
What are horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry?
A line which divides a body into two parts, such that each part is the mirror image of the others, then the line is called a line of symmetry. If such a line is parallel to the horizontal plane, then it is called a horizontal line of symmetry. Else, if the line of symmetry is perpendicular to the horizontal plane then it is a vertical line of symmetry.
What is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation called?
A parabola.
An object with reflectional symmetry can be created by rotating it about an axis called the?
Line of symmetry
What is half of parabola?
A curve. It would be called a parabolic curve.
What is the directrix of a parabola?
"From the geometric point of view, the given point is the focus of the parabola and the given line is its directrix. It can be shown that the line of symmetry of the parabola is the line perpendicular to the directrix through the focus. The vertex of the parabola is the point of the parabola that is closest to both the focus and directrix."-http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Algorithms/MyAlgorithms/parabola.htm"A line perpendicular to the axis of symmetry used in the definition of a parabola. A parabola is defined as follows: For a given point, called the focus, and a given line not through the focus, called the directrix, a parabola is the locus, or set of points, such that the distance to the focus equals the distance to the directrix."-http://www.mathwords.com/d/directrix_parabola.htm
What is the point of which a parabola intersects the axis of symmetry called?
if it opens up then the point is called the minimum if it opens down its called the maximum
What are horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry?
A line which divides a body into two parts, such that each part is the mirror image of the others, then the line is called a line of symmetry. If such a line is parallel to the horizontal plane, then it is called a horizontal line of symmetry. Else, if the line of symmetry is perpendicular to the horizontal plane then it is a vertical line of symmetry.
How many foci does a parabola have?
A parabola has a single focus point. There is a line running perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the parabola called the directrix. A line running from the focus to a point on the parabola is going to have the same distance as from the point on the parabola to the closest point of the directrix. In theory you could look at a parabola as being an ellipse with one focus at infinity, but that really doesn't help any. ■
What is a rotation of symmetry?
Sometimes called rotation symmetry, or symmetry of rotation. If you have an object that can be turned through a certain angle (like rotating a cube through 90o) and then it looks identical, then that object has a certain symmetry under rotation. If you can turn it through any angle, like a cylinder, then it has rotation (or rotational) symmetry.
What is the combination of horizontal motion with constant velocity and vertical motion with constant acceleration?
That combination is called "projectile motion". In the absence of air resistance, its shape is always a parabola.
The graph of a quadratic equation is called a?
The graph of a quadratic equation is called a parabola.The graph of a quadratic equation is called a parabola.The graph of a quadratic equation is called a parabola.The graph of a quadratic equation is called a parabola.
What is the extreme point of a parabola that is located halfway between the focus and directrix called?
It is the vertex of the parabola.
The graph of a cubic is called a parabola?
No. Parabola and the cubic graph are definitely two different things.
What is the vertical section of a square pyramid not through the vertex called?
A trapezium.
What is the arch of the horse's jump called?
parabola
What is the graph of a quadratic called?
i think its parabola
