document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117848>Question 1117848</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the vertex of the parabola and state whether it opens upward or downward.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "g(x)= -5(x+4)2 +2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "g(x)= -5(x+4)2 +2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Should be g(x)=-5(x+4)^2+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y is a function of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Opens up, or down?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the leading coefficient?  Positive or negative?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You already know y=x^2 opens UP, and y=-x^2 opens DOWN.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How about your example function?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "VERTEX is  (-4,2). </SPAN>\n" );
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