document.write( "Question 629586: The path of a cliff diver as he dives into a lake,is given by the equation y=-[x-10]^2+75,where y metres is the divers height above the water and ,x meters is the horizontal distance travelled by the diver.What is the maximum height the diver is above the water? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( " y= -[x-10]^2+75  ||Parabola opening downward,  V(10,75)maximum point 
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document.write( " max height the diver is above the water = 75m\r
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document.write( "the vertex form of a Parabola opening up(a>0) or down(a<0),  
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document.write( "where(h,k) is the vertex  and  x = h  is the Line of Symmetry
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document.write( "The standard form is , where  the focus is (h,k + p)
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