document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60397>Question 60397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine weather the graph of each parabola opens upward or downward.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24. y = ½ x^2 + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do i determine which way the parabola opens?? can you please assist me??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "thanks you are wounderful :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #41474 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=41474\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the sign in front of the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > term is positive, then the parabola looks like a cup sitting on a table.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the sign of the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > term is negative, then it's an upside down cup<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Try a simple example, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+-x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+-x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the upside-down cup with peak at (0,0) becase all other possible y's are negative </SPAN>\n" );
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