SOLUTION: Which number in the equation y = -2(x – 5)2 – 7 causes a vertical expansion (stretching?

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Question 1080043: Which number in the equation y = -2(x – 5)2
– 7 causes a vertical expansion (stretching?

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The -2, the number in front of the (x-5)^2

graph of the -2 and making it -1/2.

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