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document.write( "I have to find the coordinates of the vertex of parabola y = -2 (x + 30)^2 + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and find the axis of symmetry of the graph y = 3(x-7)^2 +2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "and find the axis of symmetry of the graph y = 3(x-7)^2 +2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form for parabola: y=A(x-h)^2+k, with (h,k) being the (x,y) coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For given equation: y=-2(x+30)^2+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex is at (-30,8)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For given equation: y=3(x-7)^2 +2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is a parabola that opens upwards with vertex at (7,2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So its axis of symmetry is x=7 </SPAN>\n" );
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