SOLUTION: explain how the graph of y-5=(x-3)^2 This is what I did. y-5=(x-3)^2 y=(x-3)^2+5 answer: y=x^2 right 3 units and up 5 ??? right or way off?

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Question 55113: explain how the graph of y-5=(x-3)^2

This is what I did.
y-5=(x-3)^2
y=(x-3)^2+5
answer: y=x^2 right 3 units and up 5
??? right or way off?

Answer by rchill(405)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Always, always, always, solve for y first! Expanding our equation yields . Adding 5 to both sides gives us . Any polynomial of 2nd degree will plot to a parabola; here it is:

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