SOLUTION: If the x-intercepts of a parabola are 5 and -3, what is the equation of the axis of symmetry?

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Question 1114251: If the x-intercepts of a parabola are 5 and -3, what is the equation of the axis of symmetry?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If this is a parabola with a vertical symmetry axis and has either a vertex minimum or a vertex maximum, then the symmetry axis is in the exact middle of the two x-intercepts.


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