document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49885>Question 49885</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Oh my goodness. I have no clue as to what I am suppose to do with this. Please help me solve this. Is this suppose to be done in multiple steps?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given the parabola y = x2 – 6x –7 , answer the following questions:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Determine if the parabola whose equation is given opens upward or downward. What is its x-intercept?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find its y-intercept. What are the coordinates of the vertex?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph the parabola. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given the parabola y = x2 – 6x –7 , answer the following questions:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Determine if the parabola whose equation is given opens upward or downward. What is its x-intercept?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find its y-intercept. What are the coordinates of the vertex?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph the parabola. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=X^2-6X-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y={X^2-2(X)(3)+3^2-3^2}-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=(X-3)^2-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHEN Y=0,WE HAVE <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X-3)^2=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-3=+4................OR..............X-3=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=7...............OR.............X=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HENCE X INTERCEPTS ARE 7 AND -1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHEN X=0,WE HAVE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=(0-3)^2-16=9-16=-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HENCE Y INTERCEPT IS -7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "VERTEX IS X=3 AND Y=-16...OR...(3,-16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "GRAPH IS GIVEN BELOW...YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS A MINIMUM OF -16 AT X=3 OR THE GRAPH OPENS UPWARD.<BR>\n" );
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