SOLUTION: Find the maximum value of y = -x^2 + 6x. The answer I got was 8 but it was not correct.

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: Find the maximum value of y = -x^2 + 6x. The answer I got was 8 but it was not correct. This question is from textbook

Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The maximum value will be on the line of symmetry for the equation is found using the formula where a is the x squared coefficient and b is the x coefficient.

This means that the maximum y value occurs when the x value is 3. Substitute x =3 in the original equation.

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