document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=386220>Question 386220</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What do I do if there is a number before the y for a parabola. for example: 3y=(x-5)^2-6. I do not know what to do with the 3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #273034 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tara0066><B>tara0066(31)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tara0066><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=tara0066><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=273034\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You will have to divide by 3 for everything. Your result will be y=1/3(x-5)^2-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Doesn't effect your graph's vertex. Just changes the width of the parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1/3 does effect the parenthesis, if you would distribute that out. But in this case and for the sake of making this problem as easy as we can make it-you will just leave it out front. Very common to have a number out front there. Just explains the width of this parabola compared to a parent graph. Then if it is a negative number it tells you to flip your parabola so it opens down. Hope that helps. </SPAN>\n" );
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