document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=90218>Question 90218</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073016023/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to identify the axis of symmetry, create a suitable table of values and the sketch a graph including the axis of symmetry for y = x^2 - 5x + 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the formula to find the axis is x = -b/2(a)thus...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -(-5)/2(1) = 5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From here on out I'm lost. I get really confused when there is a fraction. I don't which values to choose and why to choose them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #65469 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=65469\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you've got the hard part ... for your table of values, choose numbers for x that are equally spaced around the axis of symmetry\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "like 2, 3, 1, 4, 0, 5 ... then plug these values into the original equation to get matching y values </SPAN>\n" );
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