SOLUTION: when a quadratic equation is in the standard form y=ax2+bx+c increasing the value of a makes the graph decreasing the value of a makes the graph a negative value of a make

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Question 1025084: when a quadratic equation is in the standard form y=ax2+bx+c
increasing the value of a makes the graph
decreasing the value of a makes the graph
a negative value of a makes the graph open
a positive value of a makes the graph open

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Gets narrower than when
Gets wider than when
Negative values make it open downwards
Positive values make it open upwards.
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