SOLUTION: find the line of symmetry? Y=3x^2 - 8x - 5

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Question 173707: find the line of symmetry?
Y=3x^2 - 8x - 5
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=3x^2-8x-5
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+3x%5E2+-8x+-5%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 3x^2 -8x -5).
Solving the quadratic equation we get x=3.189255 & -.522588
The mid point on the x axis is x=1.3333 the line of symmetry.