SOLUTION: Equation for the parabola whose vertex is at (5,3) and passes though the point (7,-1). The text doesn't explain how to solve these...

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Question 350651: Equation for the parabola whose vertex is at (5,3) and passes though the point (7,-1). The text doesn't explain how to solve these...
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look up "Vertex form" in the Index.
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Use the vertex form of a parabola,

Now use the point (7,-1) to solve for .


I leave it to you to complete the solution for .
Then plug that into your equation.

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