Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 4 - Quadratic Functions - 4.7 Graphing Quadratics from Standard Form - 4.7 Exercises - Page 384: 1

Answer

Graph A : $y = -0.5 x^2-x+7$ Graph B : $y = x^2+4 x+4$ Graph C : $-2 x^2-6 x-7$ None : $y=x^2-5 x-6$

Work Step by Step

Graph A can be matched with the parabola: $$ y = -0.5 x^2-x+7. $$ This is because is opens downward, $a= -0.5$, and has a y-intercept of about $(0,7)$. Graph B matched with: $$ y = x^2+4 x+4. $$ Opens upward $y$-intercept: $(0,4)$ Graph C matched with: $$ y=-2 x^2-6 x-7. $$ Opens downward $y$-intercept: $(0,-7)$ Matched with none: $$ y=x^2-5 x-6. $$ Opens downward $y$-intercept: $(0,-6)$
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