SOLUTION: Given the parabola y=-(x-6)^2-1,detemine each of the following Identify the vertex of the parabola y=-(x-6)^2-1

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Question 224749: Given the parabola y=-(x-6)^2-1,detemine each of the following
Identify the vertex of the parabola y=-(x-6)^2-1

Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The vertex form of a parabola's equation is generally expressed as :

where (h,k) is the vertex
.
You were given:

which if we could rewrite as:

From inspection, because it is in "vertex form" we see that the vertex is at
(6,-1)

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