\begin{frame} \frametitle{Polynomials of Degree 2: Quadratic Functions} \begin{block}{} A polynomial of degree $2$ is a \emph{quadratic function}:\vspace{-.5ex} \begin{talign} f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c \end{talign}\vspace{-3ex} \end{block}\medskip \begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth} \begin{center} \scalebox{.6}{ \begin{tikzpicture}[default] \diagram{-2}{2}{-2}{4}{1} \diagramannotatez \diagramannotatex{-1,1} \diagramannotatey{-1,1,2,3} \draw[cblue,ultra thick] plot[smooth,domain=-2:1.3,samples=20] (\x,{pow(\x,2) +\x + 1}); \end{tikzpicture} }\\ {\small $x^2 + x + 1$} \end{center} \end{minipage} \begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth} \begin{center} \scalebox{.6}{ \begin{tikzpicture}[default] \diagram{-2}{2}{-2}{4}{1} \diagramannotatez \diagramannotatex{-1,1} \diagramannotatey{-1,1,2,3} \draw[cblue,ultra thick] plot[smooth,domain=-.7:2,samples=20] (\x,{-2*pow(\x,2) + 3*\x + 1}); \end{tikzpicture} }\\ {\small $-2x^2 + 3x + 1$} \end{center} \end{minipage} \bigskip \pause The graph of is always a shifting of the parabola $ax^2$. It open upwards if $a > 0$, and downwards if $a < 0$. \end{frame}