SOLUTION: The question says, "Sketch a narrow parabola that spills water and has a turning point of (0,3). Will this parabola have real or complex roots?" If you could help me please? tha

Question 677706: The question says, "Sketch a narrow parabola that spills water and has a turning point of (0,3). Will this parabola have real or complex roots?"
If you could help me please? that would be great, thank you
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot the point (0,3)
If you make this the vertex ( turning point ) and
the parabola spills water ( does not look like a cup )
then the curve has to cross the x-axis twice and
that makes the roots real, and equally spaced on
either side of the y-axis.
The equation would look like

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