Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Conic Sections - 10.5 Exercises - Page 680: 36

Answer

$y=-2x^2+(1)x+4$ or: $y=-2(x-\frac{1}{4})^2+\frac{33}{8}$

Work Step by Step

$y=ax^2+bx+c$ Plug in the the given points which lie on the parabola, we can write $a=-2$ and $b=1$ Thus, $y=-2x^2+(1)x+4$ $y-4=-2(x^2-\frac{1}{2}x)$ Therefore, $y=-2(x-\frac{1}{4})^2+\frac{33}{8}$
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