You must first solve the equation for x, find the midpoint between the two x coordinates and substitute it into the equation to find the y coordinate
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If your equation was y=x^2+4x-5
1. Factorise the Equation and solve for x. x^2+4x-5 = (x+5)(x-1)
So x+5=0
x = 0 - 5
x=-5
And x-1=0
x = 0 + 1
x = 1
So x = -5,1
Find the mid point/average: (-5+1)/2 = -2
So the x coordinate of the vertex is -2.
Substitute this into the equation x^2+4x-5: (-2)^2 + 4*(-2) - 5 = 4 - 8 - 5 = -9
So the Coordinate of the vertex is (-2,-9).
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Finding the vertex of the parabola is important because it tells you where the bottom (or the top, for a parabola that 'opens' downward), and thus where you can begin graphing.
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We will be able to identify the answer if we have the equation. We can only check on the coordinates from the given vertex.
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The graph of a quadratic function is always a parabola. If you put the equation (or function) into vertex form, you can read off the coordinates of the vertex, and you know the shape and orientation (up/down) of the parabola.
Finding the vertex of the parabola is important because it tells you where the bottom (or the top, for a parabola that 'opens' downward), and thus where you can begin graphing.
A parabola is a graph of a 2nd degree polynomial function. Two graph a parabola, you must factor the polynomial equation and solve for the roots and the vertex. If factoring doesn't work, use the quadratic equation.
In a quadratic y = ax² + bx + c, the roots are where y = 0, and the parabola crosses the x-axis. The average of these two roots is the x coordinate of the vertex of the parabola.
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A quadratic equation always has 2 solutions.In the instance of perfect squares, however, there will be just one number, which is a double root. Graphically, this is equivalent of the vertex of a parabola just barely touching the x-axis.
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The vertex form for a quadratic equation is y=a(x-h)^2+k.
The standard equation for a Parabola with is vertex at the origin (0,0) is, x2 = 4cy if the parabola opens vertically upwards/downwards, or y2 = 4cx when the parabola opens sideways. As the focus is at (0,6) then the focus is vertically above the vertex and we have an upward opening parabola. Note that c is the distance from the vertex to the focus and in this case has a value of 6 (a positive number). The equation is thus, x2 = 4*6y = 24y
The vertex.
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Suppose the equation of the parabola is y = ax2 + bx + c where a, b, and c are constants, and a ≠0. The roots of the parabola are given by x = [-b ± sqrt(D)]/2a where D is the discriminant. Rather than solve explicitly for the coordinates of the vertex, note that the vertical line through the vertex is an axis of symmetry for the parabola. The two roots are symmetrical about x = -b/2a so, whatever the value of D and whether or not the parabola has real roots, the x coordinate of the vertex is -b/2a. It is simplest to substitute this value for x in the equation of the parabola to find the y-coordinate of the vertex, which is c - b2/2a.