SOLUTION: Graph y=-3x^2 (label the vertex and the axis of symmetry) and tell whether the parabola opens upward or downward.''.

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Question 469189: Graph y=-3x^2 (label the vertex and the axis of symmetry) and tell whether the parabola opens upward or downward.''.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The vertex is the Origin, (0,0)
The line of symmetry is the y-axis, x = 0
It opens downward since the coefficient of the x^2 term is negative.
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