document.write( "Question 165574: What I want to know is whether the graph of this function will have a maximum or a minimum:\r
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document.write( "F(x)= -(3-x)^2\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #122039 by scott8148(6628)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! the minus sign before the parentheses means that the function will have a maximum value\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this minus sign will be distributed to the x^2 term, making it negative\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the sign of the squared term determines the \"max\" or \"min\" of the parabola \n" ); document.write( "__ negatives are max and positives are min \n" ); document.write( " |