SOLUTION: sketch the graph of the parabola y=-5x(squared)

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Question 86190: sketch the graph of the parabola
y=-5x(squared)
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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sketch the graph of the parabola
y=-5x(squared)
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y=-5x^2
Plot three points and you would be able to sketch the parabola
If x=0, y=0 (this is the vertex
If x=1, y = -5
If x=-1 y = -5
See how the parabola opens down from the vertex at (0,0)?
graph%28400%2C300%2C-10%2C10%2C-10%2C10%2C-5x%5E2%29
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Cheers,
Stan H.