SOLUTION: I need to identify the axis of symmetry, create a suitable table of values and the sketch a graph including the axis of symmetry for y = x^2

SOLUTION: I need to identify the axis of symmetry, create a suitable table of values and the sketch a graph including the axis of symmetry for y = x^2 - 5x + 3. I know the formula to find

Question 90218This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: I need to identify the axis of symmetry, create a suitable table of values and the sketch a graph including the axis of symmetry for y = x^2 - 5x + 3.
I know the formula to find the axis is x = -b/2(a)thus...
x = -(-5)/2(1) = 5/2
From here on out I'm lost. I get really confused when there is a fraction. I don't which values to choose and why to choose them.
Please help. This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you've got the hard part ... for your table of values, choose numbers for x that are equally spaced around the axis of symmetry

like 2, 3, 1, 4, 0, 5 ... then plug these values into the original equation to get matching y values
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