A Quadratic Function Forms This Shape on a Graph

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Question

A Quadratic Function Forms This Shape on a Graph

Answer

PARABOLA

Word Meaning:

PARABOLA — (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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