SOLUTION: please help me to find the equation of the graph which meets the x-axis at -4 and 2, that part a) and part b)the coordinates of the turning point. Question two, the sketch of the g

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Question 1141582: please help me to find the equation of the graph which meets the x-axis at -4 and 2, that part a) and part b)the coordinates of the turning point. Question two, the sketch of the graph y= 2+ 2x -x^2 passing through points E and G, a) find the coordinates of E and G. b) find the maximum value of y. Thanking you in advance.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
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please help me to find the equation of the graph which meets the x-axis at
-4 and 2,
Something was left out because there are infinitely many different
equations of graphs which meets the x-axis at -4 and 2. The easiest one is

y = (x+4)(x-2), which when multiplied out becomes

y = x²+2x-8 which has the graph:

graph%282000%2F7%2C400%2C-6%2C4%2C-10%2C4%2C%28x%2B4%29%28x-2%29%29

that part a) and part b)the coordinates of the turning point.
The turning-point of the graph of y=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc is the point

 

For y = x²+2x-8, a=1. b=2, c=-8



which works out to be (-1,-9)

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Question two, the sketch of the graph y= 2+ 2x -x^2
graph%28240%2C400%2C-2%2C4%2C-6%2C4%2C2%2B2x-x%5E2%29
passing through points E and G, a) find the coordinates of E and G.
Again, something was left out, because there is no way we can know what 
points 
E and G are.

b) find the maximum value of y. Thanking you in advance.

The maximum value of a quadratic graph that opens downward and the minimum
value of one that opens upward is the y-coordinate of the turning point.

The turning-point of the graph of y=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc is the point



Its y-coordinate %284ac-b%5E2%29%2F%284a%5E%22%22%29.  To determine a, b, and c, we
rewrite y= 2+2x-x² in its standard order

y = -x²+2x+2, so a=-1, b=2, c=2 

%284%28-1%29%282%29-%282%29%5E2%29%2F%284%28-1%29%5E%22%22%29

That works out to be maximum of 3, and you can see that the turning point
is the highest point, and it is even with 3 on the y-axis.

Edwin