document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=700758>Question 700758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> instructions: graph each quadratic function. name the axis of symmetry and the coordinates of the vertex.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. y=-x^2+7x-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " y = -x^2+7x-2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1st coordinate of the vertex and the equation of the axis of symmetry<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are x = -b/(2a) = -7/(2*-1) = -7/-2 = 7/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 2nd coordinate of the vertex is f(7/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(7/2) = -(7/2)^2 + 7(7/2) -2 = -(49/4) + (49/2) - 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= (-49 + 98 - 8)/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 41/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertex: (7/2 , 41/4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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