Quote of the Day:
"The most important outcome of education is to help 
   students to become independent of formal education."  
   -- Paul E. Gray

Objectives:
The student will analyze given parabolas.
The student will write the equation of a parabola given
   certain information.


1. Collect homework.

2. Fox Trot Comic Strips

Fox Trot Comic Strip on Parabolas
Fox Trot Comic Strip on Parabolas
Comic Strip on Parabolas

3. Review 4 types of parabolas.

4. Story:
   One day, Jesus said to his disciples: 
   "The Kingdom of Heaven is like 3 x^2 + 8 x - 9." 
   A man who had just joined the disciples looked very confused and asked Peter:
   "What, on Earth, does he mean by that?" 

   Peter smiled. "Don't worry. It's just another one of his parabolas." 


5. Examples:

6. Assignment:
   p. 739 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)

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