These are called the zeros of the equation. They are the places where y=0
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It is a constant that determines the y-coordinate of the point at which the parabola crosses the y-axis.
They are the x-values (if any) of the points at which the y-value of the equation representing a parabola is 0. These are the points at which the parabola crosses the x-axis.
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In a quadratic y = ax² + bx + c, the roots are where y = 0, and the parabola crosses the x-axis. The average of these two roots is the x coordinate of the vertex of the parabola.
An x2 parabola will always have one vertex, but depending on the discriminant of the function (b2-4ac) the parabola will either have 2 roots (it crosses the x-axis twice), 1 repeating root (the parabola meets the x-axis at a single point), or no real roots (the parabola doesn't meet the x-axis at all)