SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: Determine, without graphing, whether the given quadratic function has a maximum value or a minimum value and then find that value. f(x) = 2x^2

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Question 1049030: Please help me solve this equation:
Determine, without graphing, whether the given quadratic function has a maximum value or a minimum value and then find that value.
f(x) = 2x^2 - 2x

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Coefficient on the leading term is POSITIVE 2. This parabola is concave upward, or convex downward; the vertex is a minimum.




The x-intercepts are at 0 and 1. Because of symmetry the vertex (minimum point) will be at the exact middle of 0 and 1; or at .

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