document.write( "Question 383243: The graph of y=ax^2 + bx + C opens up if a > 0 and down if a < 0. Explain why or how that staement is true. What happens as x gets more a more positive or more and more negative? \n" ); document.write( "
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The graph of y=ax^2 + bx + C opens up if a > 0 and down if a < 0. Explain why or how that staement is true.
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\n" ); document.write( "What happens as x gets more a more positive or more and more negative?
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\n" ); document.write( "1st: You have to understand that the ax^2 overwhelms the effect of bx+c
\n" ); document.write( "as x gets more and more positive or gets more and more negative.
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\n" ); document.write( "2nd: So if a>0, y = ax^2 gets higher and higher if x gets more and more
\n" ); document.write( "positive OR if x gets more and more negative.
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\n" ); document.write( "And if a<0, y = ax^2 gets more and more negative if x gets more and more
\n" ); document.write( "positive OR if x gets more and more negative.
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