Thursday, October 7, 2010

Quadratic Functions

THE STANDARD FORM:   ax² + bx + cy² + dy + e= 0


**You need to know the equation above to be able to tell if a graph will be an ellipse, a circle, a hyperbola, or a parabola..


*If A does not equal C and the signs are the same, then the graph is an ellipse.



*If A and C are equal, then the equation is a circle.


*If A and C are different signs then the graph is a hyperbola.



*If A and C equal 0, then the graph is a parabola.

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