SOLUTION: What shape will the graph of y=xsquare+2 be? How can you tell. justify your prediction by making a table and graphing y=xsquare+2 on graph paper.

Question 409071: What shape will the graph of y=xsquare+2 be? How can you tell. justify your prediction by making a table and graphing y=xsquare+2 on graph paper.
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What shape will the graph of y=xsquare+2 be? How can you tell. justify your prediction by making a table and graphing y=xsquare+2 on graph paper.
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y=x^2 is a parabola that opens upward (coefficient of x^2 is positive) with its vertex at (0,0)
y=x^2+2 is the same parabola which is bumpt up 2 units.The graph below illustrates this. The parabola in red is the basic parabola and the parabola in green bumps it up 2 units.
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