SOLUTION: y=1/2(x-3)^2

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Question 23694: y=1/2(x-3)^2
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What would you like to do, graph it? Do you have a graphing calculator, or can I use the graphing calculator at algebra.com?
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Or perhaps you are supposed to graph this without a calculator? Without a calculator, you begin the graph of y = x^2,
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Because of the (x-3) you will be moving the graph of y =x^2 to the RIGHT 3 units. Because of the 1/2 coefficient, it opens up the graph and makes it wider.
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R^2 at SCC