In this week I learned about parabolas and how to work with them.If we have ax^2, “a” shows the stretch or the compress. If it’s negative then it’s opened down, if positive it’s opening up. X^2 + p means the y intercept is at “p”. If we have (x – q)^2, the value of q shows the horizontal translation. If it’s negative then it means the parabola goes left, if positive it goes right.