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 385: 2

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: $$ y=x^2-6 x+10. $$ This is because it opens upward, $a= 1$, and has a $y$-intercept of about $(0,10)$. Graph B matched with: $$y=-0.3 x^2+2 x+3.$$ It opens downward $y$-intercept: $(0,3)$. Graph C matched with: $$y=-3 x^2+12 x-8.$$ It opens downward $y$-intercept: $(0,-8)$. Graph D matched with none: $$y=x^2-3 x-4.$$ It opens upward $y$-intercept: $(0,-4)$.
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