SOLUTION: What is the equation of the parabola determined by the given conditions: axis horizontal, vertex on Y-axis, and passing through (2,4) and (8,-2)?

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Question 1045382: What is the equation of the parabola determined by the given conditions: axis horizontal, vertex on Y-axis, and passing through (2,4) and (8,-2)?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-------basic standard form, if symmetry axis is horizontal

--------- no displacement of vertex on x-axis because vertex ON THE y-AXIS




-------two given points used to form system; solve for a and k.

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