Introduction to Quadratic

Function
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Activity 1.
Describe me in many ways!
Directions: Perform this activity.
a. Observe the pattern and draw the 4th and 5th
figures.
 b. Use the table to illustrate the
relation of the figure number to the
number of blocks
c. Write the pattern observed from the
table. _______________
d. List the following:
Set of ordered pairs_______________
Domain _______________ Range
______________
e. What equation describes the pattern?
_______________
f. Graph the relation using the Cartesian
Plane.
g. What are the independent and
dependent variables?
_______________
h. What methods are used to describe
the relation? _______________
• Before giving Activity 2 to your students, give
some exercises on functional
• relationships.
• For example:

• 1. A = πr2
• Area of a circle A(r) is a function of the radius.
• 2. A(s) = s2
• Area of a square A(s) is a function of its side.
• Activity 2 Parking Lot Problem
• Directions: Solve the problem by following the
procedure below.
• Mr Santos wants to enclose the rectangular
parking lot beside his house by putting a wire
fence on the three sides as shown in the figure. If
the total length of the wire is 80 m, find the
dimension of the parking lot that will enclose a
maximum area.
• a. In the figure above, if we let w be the width and l be the length, what is
the expression for the sum of the measures of the three sides of the
parking lot?
• b. What is the length of the rectangle in terms of the width?
• c. Express the area (A) of the parking lot in terms of the width.
• d. Fill up the table by having some possible values of w and the
corresponding areas.
• Width (w)
• Area (A)
• e. What have you observed about the area (A) in relation to the width
(w)?
• f. What is the dependent variable? independent variable?
• g. Compare the equation of a linear function with the equation you
obtained.
• h. From the table of values, plot the points and connect them using a
smooth curve.
• i. What do you observe about the graph?
• j. Does the graph represent a linear function?
Parts of a Parabola
Finding the Vertex
Example 1
Express y = 3x2 – 4x + 1 in the form
y = a(x - h)2 + k form and give the
values of h and k.
Example 2
Rewrite f (x) = ax2 +bx + c in the
form f(x) = a(x - h)2 + k.
Example 3
Rewrite f (x) = x2 – 4x – 10 in the
form f(x) = a(x - h)2 + k.
• In two solutions
Standard Form of a Quadratic
Function

•y = ax2 + bx + c
Vertex Form of a Quadratic
Function

•y = a(x-h) 2 +k
 1. Find the vertex

•y = x 2 – 2x – 6

•(1, -7)
2. Find the vertex

•y = 2x 2 – 4x + 1
•(1, -1)
 3. Rewrite the equation
y=3(x-2)2 + 4 into General Form

y = 3x2 – 12x + 16
 Express

f(x) = - 2( 3x - 1 )2 + 5x

in the standard form

f(x) = ax + bx + c.
2

f(x) = - 18x + 17x - 2

2
Rewrite y = 2( x- 1)2 + 3 in the form
y = ax2 + bx + c

•y = 2x 2 – 4x + 5
•y = x2 – 1, quadratic
• y= x2/2 + x/2 , quadratic
• y = 2x -1,
• not quadratic
 Transform into
Standard Form

y = 3 (x – ½)x + 1

y = 3x2 – 3x/2 + 1
Identifying Table of Functions
Consider the given functions
f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) = x2 + 2x -1.
Example