document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165016>Question 165016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> f(x)=1/4(x+3)^2+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "find the vertex, the line of symmetry, and the maximum or minimum value of F(x). Graph the function. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this correct\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "vertex (-3,8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "line symmetry -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maximum/minimum value 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not know how to graph the function.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121642 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><B>nerdybill(7384)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=nerdybill><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121642\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This site describes it quite nicely:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "http://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/parabola/standard-and-vertex-form.php<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard vertex form of a parabola:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= a(x-h)^2+k<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x)=1/4(x+3)^2+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the vertex, the line of symmetry, and the maximum or minimum value of F(x). Graph the function.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 'a' is 1/4 (POSITIVE) -- since it is \"positive\" think of a \"happy face\" (a smile) indicating that the parabola opens upward (U) -- therefore, the vertex will be at the MINIMUM.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You had:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex (-3,8)  (YES!)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "line symmetry -3 (YES!)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Minimum value 8 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As for graphing the parabola, this site describes it quite well:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "http://a-s.clayton.edu/garrison/math%200099/parabola.htm<BR>\n" );
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