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Explore the sliders for "a", "b", and "c" to see how changing these values impacts the graph of the parabola.
Explore the sliders for "a", "b", and "c" to see how changing these values impacts the graph of the parabola.
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Expression 5: "y" equals "a" "x" squared plus "b" "x" plus "c"
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Expression 6: "a" equals 1
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Expression 7: "b" equals 0
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Expression 8: "c" equals 0
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