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Quadratic Graph Example: y=ax²

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The red graph is the widest, the green one the narrowest, and the blue one somewhere in between. All three graphs are upward-facing parabolas with a common vertex at the origin.

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We graphed the following functions: y=3x2y=3x^2, y=2x2y=2x^2, and y=5x2y=5x^2. Which of these is the graph of y=2x2y = 2x^2?

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