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What is the equation of this curve? (see details)

Asked by PhiNotPi (12681points) October 7th, 2011

If you have two points (a,b) and (c,d), there are an infinite number of parabolas that can go through these points. If you plot all of the vertices of these parabolas, they create a curve. What is the formula for this curve?

Here is an image showing multiple parabolas through two points.

This is NOT homework.

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