Parabola - MacTutor History of Mathematics

Parabola - MacTutor History of Mathematics parabola Equation of Parabola The set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the plane is a parabola Graphing a Parabola from an Equation Given in General Form · the vertex is= = · the axis of symmetry isx=h=4 x = h = 4

parabola The equation of a parabola can be described by the set of parametric equations: x = p t 2 , y = 2 p t which basically gives us the form y 2 = 4 p x

parabola Axis Finding the axis of a parabola can be tricky It helps a lot when identifying whether the parabola is horizontal or vertical The simplest definition of The meaning of PARABOLA is a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line