A parabola is a symmetrical, U-shaped curve. It is a type of conic section, a geometric shape that forms through the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone. The standard equation for a ...

For Figure 8.2, we can use the equation for the quadratic or parabolic curve of the form Figure 8.2: Parabolic line approximation In finding the best line, we normally assume that the data, shown by ...