document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=42088>Question 42088</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Identify the vertex, axis of symmetry, and direction of opening for:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=1/2(x-8)^2+2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=1/2(x-8)^2+2. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X-8)^2=2(Y-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "STD EQN.IS <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X-H)^2=4A(Y-K)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHERE H,K IS VERTEX..SO..H=8...K=2...SO..(8,2) IS VERTEX<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AXIS OF SYMMETRY IS X=H...OR....X=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SINCE Y IS MINIMUM AT X=8,WE HAVE VERTEX AT THE BOTTOM AS A TROUGH.SO DIRECTION OF OPENING IS UPWARDS </SPAN>\n" );
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