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| P5 Topic 1: Coordinate Systems | |
| The parabola |   |
 The parabola is an example of a conic
section. The illustration comes from
Jill Britton.
In the display below use your mouse to change the value of a. The graph displayed is a parabola (or quadratic curve). It is described by the Cartesian equation:  |
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free Java applets from