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Checklist of skills needed for this unit:

4.2 - use finite differences to determine if a relationship is linear, quadratic, or neither

4.3 - Describe transformations of parabolas that are in vertex form. Also be able to state the vertex, axis of symmetry, domain, and range of the function.

4.3 - Write the equation in vertex form when given the description of the transformations 

4.4 -  Sketch the graph of a parabola when given the equation in vertex form

4.4 -  Find the equation for the parabola in vertex form, when given the vertex and another point

4.5 - Find the x-intercepts, vertex, and axis of symmetry of a parabola when given its equation in factored form

4.5 - sketch the graph of the parabola when given the equation in factored form

4.5 - find the equation of a parabola in factored form when given the x-intercepts and another point on the parabola.

Applications - Be able to interpret the x-intercepts and vertex of a parabola