SOLUTION: Determine whether f(x)= -5x^2 - 10x + 6 has a maximum of minimum value and find that value.
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Question 323970: Determine whether f(x)= -5x^2 - 10x + 6 has a maximum of minimum value and find that value.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert to vertex form, by completing the square.
The vertex occurs at (-1,11).
The coefficient for the term is negative and the parabola opens downward, the value at the vertex is the maximum.
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