SOLUTION: Consider the graph of the following parabola: y = 2x² - 3 Does the parabola open upward or downward?

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Question 941928: Consider the graph of the following parabola:
y = 2x² - 3

Does the parabola open upward or downward?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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Upward, because when solved for y the coefficient of x² is positive.
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[BTW, when the coefficient of x² is negative, it opens downward]