SOLUTION: Graph each quadratic function Where is the line of symmetry for any function of the form f(x) = ax^2 + c? What is the equation for this line?

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Question 1030247: Graph each quadratic function
Where is the line of symmetry for any function of the form f(x) = ax^2 + c? What is the equation for this line?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The x-value of the line of symmetry is:

If the equation is:

instead of

then:
and


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The axis of symmetry is a vertical line

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Check:
suppose


Here's the plot:

Neither nor
had any effect on the axis of symmetry
in this case, which is

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