The standard parabola equation is
.
The parabola passes through the three points are
and
.
(a) Write the system of equations. \ \
\Substitute for
in
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Substitute for
in
.

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Substitute for
in
.

.
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.
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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 .



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.
,
and
.
By using matrices solution of the system is
.
(c)
\The system of equation
and
.
Substitute
,
and
in
.
.
The parabola equation is
.
(a)
\The system of equations
,
and
.
(b)
\The matrices values are
,
and
.
(c)
\The parabola equation is 