SOLUTION: Write the equation of a parabola that opens upward and has a vertex of (-5,2)

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Question 671848: Write the equation of a parabola that opens upward and has a vertex of (-5,2)
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Hi,

equation of a parabola that opens upward and has a vertex of (-5,2)

+y+=%28x-5%29%5E2+%2B+2   || a= 1 in this case

the vertex form of a Parabola opening up(a>0) or down(a<0), y=a%28x-h%29%5E2+%2Bk 

where(h,k) is the vertex  and  x = h  is the Line of Symmetry