document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478335>Question 478335</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help with the following problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the vertex f(x) = -2x^2+2x+6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please show the steps so that I can figure out where I am going wrong.  Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The Line of Symmetry is x = -b/2a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2/(-4) = 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The vertex is (1/2,f(1/2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(1/2) = -2*(1/4) + 2*(1/2) + 6 = 13/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vertex at (1/2,13/2) or (0.5,6.5)<BR>\n" );
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