Lesson #150
Parabolas

Quote of the Day:

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

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Objectives:

The student will analyze given parabolas.

The student will write the equation of a parabola given certain information.

1. Collect homework.

2. Review 4 types of parabolas.

3. Story:
One day, Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of Heaven is like 3 x^2 + 8 x = y - 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."

4. Examples:

5. Assignment:
p. 760 - 761 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)

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