SOLUTION: Without graphing, find the line of symmetry. f(x)= -13/17(x + 2)^2 - 5

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Question 312542: Without graphing, find the line of symmetry.
f(x)= -13/17(x + 2)^2 - 5
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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I've already shown you twice today how to find the vertex of a parabola which equation is in vertex form, so I'm going to assume that you can handle that part.

Let be the -coordinate of the parabola vertex. Then an equation of the axis of symmetry is .


John