document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173026>Question 173026</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0536347115/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the line of symmetry <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3x^2-8x-5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+3x%5E2+-8x+-5%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+3x%5E2+-8x+-5%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 3x^2 -8x -5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the quadratic equation we get x=3.1893 & -.5225.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3.1893+.5225)/2=1.856 is the line of symmetry.  </SPAN>\n" );
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