document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=61774>Question 61774</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Do not graph, but determine:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A- How many X intercepts the parabola has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B- Whether its vertex lies above or below the X-Axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y = -x^2 + 2x - 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A- How many X intercepts the parabola has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B- Whether its vertex lies above or below the X-Axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y = -x^2 + 2x - 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(x-1)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hence at y=0...x=1..that is x intercept is 1.in fact the parabola touches the x axis at x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex is at x=1,y-0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so vertex is on the x axis </SPAN>\n" );
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