SOLUTION: A parabola can be represented by y = 0.5 x2 – 8.7 x + 3. The x coordinate of the vertex is?
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Question 327874: A parabola can be represented by y = 0.5 x2 – 8.7 x + 3. The x coordinate of the vertex is?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Complete the square to put parabola in vertex form, where (h,k) i the vertex.
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The vertex is (8.7,-34.845).
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