SOLUTION: please help me. State whether the vertex of the function is a maximum or minimum and give the corresponsing maximum or minimum value of the function. f(x)= x square + 14x+47

Question 316771: please help me. State whether the vertex of the function is a maximum or minimum and give the corresponsing maximum or minimum value of the function.
f(x)= x square + 14x+47
Thanks
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First convert to vertex form, , by completing the square.

The vertex is located at (-7,-2).
Since the coefficient for the term is positive, the parabola opens upwards, and the vertex is a minimum.
The minimum value occurs at the vertex.

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