SOLUTION: please help me solve y=-3x^2-4..also need to give the minimum and maximum point , the equation of the parabola from the origin, then state whether the parabola opens upward or down

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Question 440789: please help me solve y=-3x^2-4..also need to give the minimum and maximum point , the equation of the parabola from the origin, then state whether the parabola opens upward or downward
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi
Using the vertex form of a parabola, where(h,k) is the vertex
y = -3x^2 -4
1) parabola opens downward a = -3 < 0 Vertex Pt(0,-4) is a maximum pt
2) Line of symetry is the y-axis
3) relative to the the translation form the origin: down 4


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