document.write( "Question 606745: I am confused. Would someone please check this problem out and clarify the correct answer for me? I submitted the problem and two different tutors on this site have given me different answers. Now I do not know which answer is correct.
\n" ); document.write( "the problem is:
\n" ); document.write( "find the vertex, the line of symmetry, and the max or min value of f(x), then graph the function.
\n" ); document.write( "f(x) = 1/3(x+5)^2 + 3
\n" ); document.write( "I received the answer:
\n" ); document.write( "vertex: (-5, 3)
\n" ); document.write( "line of symmetry: x = 5
\n" ); document.write( "and, 3 as the minimum value of f(x)
\n" ); document.write( "one tutor said the line of symmetry is -5, and the other said it is 5 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #382199 by richwmiller(17219) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The vertex is either the high or low point of the function. Here it is the low point. The vertex is (-5, 3)where x=-5 and y=3 then the line of symmetry is x=-5 and the low point (minimum) is f(x)=y=3 \n" ); document.write( "

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