What is the equation, in standard form, of a parabola that contains the following points (–2, 18), (0, 2), (4, 42)?
1 Answer
Jun 13, 2016
Explanation:
Standard form of equation of a parabola is
As it passes through points
and
Now putting (B) in (A) and (C), we get\
Adding (1) and (2), we get
and hence
Hence equation of parabola is
graph{3x^2-2x+2 [-10.21, 9.79, -1.28, 8.72]}