Raymond B. answered 10/06/23
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if you know the roots, r1 and r2
then the parabola is y=a(x-r1)(x-r2)
expand
y =a(x^2 -r1x-r2x +r1r2
y = ax^2 -a(r1+r2)x + ar1r2
standard form is y = ax^2 +bx + c
in this example
a= a
b =-a(r1+r2)
c = ar1r2