SOLUTION: What kind of function is, Y= -2x squared + 1?

Question 198829: What kind of function is, Y= -2x squared + 1?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, josmiceli:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The function is a quadratic polynomial function.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a parabola. The minus sign in front of the term means
it has a maximum- not a minimum.
The fact that there is no term means the parabola is
symmetric about the y-axis
Here's the graph:

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