The graph of a quadratic function is called what?

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The graph of a quadratic function is called what?

Explanation:
Parabola. A quadratic function y = ax^2 + bx + c produces a U-shaped curve. It opens upward when a is positive and downward when a is negative, with its turning point (the vertex) at x = -b/(2a) and y = f(-b/(2a)). The other shapes—hyperbola, ellipse, and circle—are different conic sections that come from other kinds of equations in two variables and aren’t the graph of a single-variable quadratic function.

Parabola. A quadratic function y = ax^2 + bx + c produces a U-shaped curve. It opens upward when a is positive and downward when a is negative, with its turning point (the vertex) at x = -b/(2a) and y = f(-b/(2a)). The other shapes—hyperbola, ellipse, and circle—are different conic sections that come from other kinds of equations in two variables and aren’t the graph of a single-variable quadratic function.

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