SOLUTION: Please help me solve this quadratic equation y=x^2-25 to find the line of symmetry. I tried using the formula -b/2a, but I got a strange answer, 25/2. Thank you.

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Question 587434: Please help me solve this quadratic equation y=x^2-25 to find the line of symmetry. I tried using the formula -b/2a, but I got a strange answer, 25/2. Thank you.
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Please help me solve this quadratic equation y=x^2-25 to find the line of symmetry. I tried using the formula -b/2a, but I got a strange answer, 25/2.
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In this equation b=0, therefore the axis of symmetry is 0 as you can see if you graph this
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