SOLUTION: What is the vertex? I was taking onilne tests, and it says: name the vertex. What is the vertex? Example? Thanks -Confused

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Question 196660: What is the vertex? I was taking onilne tests, and it says: name the vertex. What is the vertex?
Example?
Thanks
-Confused
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The vertex is either the highest or lowest point on a parabola (a bowl shaped curve).

For instance, the vertex for the graph below is (2,3) since it is the lowest point:



Graph of y=x%5E2-4x-1 with vertex (2,3)