SOLUTION: Find the equation of parabola with a vertex at (2,-12) that passes through the point (0,0).
Can you please help me out? Thanks in advance.
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Question 696260: Find the equation of parabola with a vertex at (2,-12) that passes through the point (0,0).
Can you please help me out? Thanks in advance.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the vertex is (2,-12) and it passes through the origin, then symmetry says it must also pass through (4,0).
The general form of a parabola function is
So, if 
when 
, then
and if 
when 
, then
and if when 
, then
Solve the 3X3 linear system to get the coefficients a, b, and c. Use them to write your equation by substituting into:
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