The standard parabola equation is .
The parabola passes through the three points are and
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(a) Write the system of equations. \ \
\Substitute for in
.
Substitute for in
.
.
Substitute for in
.
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The system of equations ,
and
.
(b) The system of equations are
\.
Write the equations into matrix form .
Where is coefficient matrix,
is variable matrix and
is constant matrix.
Solve the equations in Gauss-Jordan method.
\The augmented matrix is .
Apply elementary row operations to obtain a reduce the row-echelon form.
\Here are represents first row, second row and third row .
\
.
,
and
.
By using matrices solution of the system is .
(c)
\The system of equation and
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Substitute ,
and
in
.
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The parabola equation is .
(a)
\The system of equations ,
and
.
(b)
\The matrices values are ,
and
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(c)
\The parabola equation is