Question

Which of the following represents a parabola?
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Answer 1

By the way you can click "Edit question" just under your question to add to it.

Answer 2

y=a(x^2)
where a is any integer

Answer 3

Wow, my brain is not working.

Answer 4

What I should have said is a parabola has a quadratic equation of the form:

\[Ax^{2} + Bx + C\]

In which A, B, C are constants.

Answer 5

It can also look like:
\[(x - a)(x - b)\]

Answer 6

\[A. x ^{2}+y ^{2}=r ^{2}\]
B. \[\frac{ y ^{2} }{ a ^{2} }+\frac{ x^2 }{ b^2}\]
C. 4 px=y^2
D. \[\frac{ y^2 }{ a^2 }-\frac{ x^2 }{ b^2 }=1\]

Answer 7

these are the answers. ABCD are the letter choices...don't let it interfere in the problem

Answer 8

Alright, D is a hyperbola, A is a circle, so that leaves B or C.

Answer 9

And from the derivation of the quadratic equation (the history of it) we know that
\[y^{2} = 4px\]
is another equation for a parabola.

Answer 10

what about b?

Answer 11

I don't remember what b is offhand, but it's not a parabola.

Answer 12

It's not even a real equation.