SOLUTION: what is the shap of the graph of the function y=x-2x^2

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Question 663707: what is the shap of the graph of the function y=x-2x^2
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
y= -2x^2 + x ||completing the Square to put into vertex form
y = -2(x-1/4)^2 +1/8 V(.25,1/8)
the vertex form of a Parabola opening up(a>0) or down(a<0),
where(h,k) is the vertex and x = h is the Line of Symmetry

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